padding-inline

The padding-inline CSS shorthand property defines the logical inline start and end padding of an element, which maps to physical padding properties depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation.

{{InteractiveExample("CSS Demo: padding-inline")}}

padding-inline: 5% 10%;
writing-mode: horizontal-tb;

padding-inline: 15px 40px;
writing-mode: vertical-rl;

padding-inline: 5% 20%;
writing-mode: horizontal-tb;
direction: rtl;

<section id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    <div class="box">
      Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the
      western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun.
    </div>
  </div>
</section>

#example-element {
  border: 10px solid #ffc129;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-align: left;
}

.box {
  border: dashed 1px;
  unicode-bidi: bidi-override;
}

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

• {{cssxref("padding-inline-end")}}
• {{cssxref("padding-inline-start")}}

Syntax

/* <length> values */
padding-inline: 10px 20px; /* An absolute length */
padding-inline: 1em 2em; /* relative to the text size */
padding-inline: 10px; /* sets both start and end values */

/* <percentage> values */
padding-inline: 5% 2%; /* relative to the nearest block container's width */

/* Global values */
padding-inline: inherit;
padding-inline: initial;
padding-inline: revert;
padding-inline: revert-layer;
padding-inline: unset;

The padding-inline property may be specified with one or two values. If one value is given, it is used as the value for both {{cssxref("padding-inline-start")}} and {{cssxref("padding-inline-end")}}. If two values are given, the first is used for {{cssxref("padding-inline-start")}} and the second for {{cssxref("padding-inline-end")}}.

Values

• {{cssxref("<length>")}}
  • : The size of the padding as a fixed value. Must be nonnegative.
• {{cssxref("<percentage>")}}
  • : The size of the padding as a percentage, relative to the inline size (width in a horizontal language, defined by {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}) of the containing block. Must be nonnegative.

Description

The padding values specified by padding-inline can be equivalent to the {{cssxref("padding-top")}} and {{cssxref("padding-bottom")}} properties or the {{cssxref("padding-right")}} and {{cssxref("padding-left")}} properties, depending on the values defined for {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}, {{cssxref("direction")}}, and {{cssxref("text-orientation")}}.

Formal definition

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Formal syntax

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Examples

Setting inline padding for vertical text

HTML

<div>
  <p class="exampleText">Example text</p>
</div>

CSS

div {
  background-color: yellow;
  width: 120px;
  height: 120px;
}

.exampleText {
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
  padding-inline: 20px 40px;
  background-color: #c8c800;
}

Result

{{EmbedLiveSample("Setting_inline_padding_for_vertical_text", 140, 140)}}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• CSS Logical Properties and Values
• The mapped physical properties: {{cssxref("padding-top")}}, {{cssxref("padding-right")}}, {{cssxref("padding-bottom")}}, and {{cssxref("padding-left")}}
• {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}, {{cssxref("direction")}}, {{cssxref("text-orientation")}}