padding-block
The padding-block
CSS shorthand property defines the logical block start and end padding of an element, which maps to physical padding properties depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation.
Constituent properties
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
Syntax
/* <length> values */
padding-block: 10px 20px; /* An absolute length */
padding-block: 1em 2em; /* relative to the text size */
padding-block: 10px; /* sets both start and end values */
/* <percentage> values */
padding-block: 5% 2%; /* relative to the nearest block container's width */
/* Global values */
padding-block: inherit;
padding-block: initial;
padding-block: revert;
padding-block: unset;
The padding-block
property may be specified with one or two values. If one value is given, it is used as the value for both padding-block-start
and padding-block-end
. If two values are given, the first is used for padding-block-start
and the second for padding-block-end
.
Values
The padding-block
property takes the same values as the padding-left
property.
Description
These values corresponds to the padding-top
and padding-bottom
, or padding-right
, and padding-left
property depending on the values defined for writing-mode
, direction
, and text-orientation
.
Formal definition
Initial value | 0 |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | no |
Percentages | logical-width of containing block |
Computed value | as <length> |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
Examples
Setting block 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-block: 20px 40px;
background-color: #c8c800;
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
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CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # propdef-padding-block |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- The mapped physical properties:
padding-top
,padding-right
,padding-bottom
, andpadding-left
writing-mode
,direction
,text-orientation