padding-block-start
The padding-block-start CSS property defines the logical block start padding of an element, which maps to a physical padding depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation.
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Syntax
/* <length> values */
padding-block-start: 10px; /* An absolute length */
padding-block-start: 1em; /* A length relative to the text size */
/* <percentage> value */
padding-block-start: 5%; /* A padding relative to the block container's width */
/* Global values */
padding-block-start: inherit;
padding-block-start: initial;
padding-block-start: revert;
padding-block-start: revert-layer;
padding-block-start: unset;
Values
<length>-
The size of the padding as a fixed value. Must be nonnegative.
<percentage>-
The size of the padding as a percentage, relative to the inline-size (width in a horizontal language) of the containing block. Must be nonnegative.
Description
The padding-block-start property is defined in the specification as taking the same values as the padding-top property. However, the physical property it maps to depends on the values set for writing-mode, direction, and text-orientation. Therefore, it could map to padding-bottom, padding-right, or padding-left.
It relates to padding-block-end, padding-inline-start, and padding-inline-end, which define the other paddings of the element.
Formal definition
| Initial value | 0 |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements, except table-row-group, table-header-group, table-footer-group, table-row, table-column-group and table-column |
| Inherited | no |
| Percentages | logical-width of containing block |
| Computed value | as <length> |
| Animation type | a length |
Formal syntax
padding-block-start =
<'padding-top'>
Examples
Setting block start 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-lr;
padding-block-start: 20px;
background-color: #c8c800;
}
Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # padding-properties |
Browser compatibility
| desktop | mobile | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
padding-block-start | |||||||||||
See also
- CSS Logical Properties and Values
- The mapped physical properties:
padding-top,padding-right,padding-bottom, andpadding-left writing-mode,direction,text-orientation