The padding-bottom
CSS property sets the height of the padding area on the bottom of an element.
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An element's padding area is the space between its content and its border.
[[File:../../../../../media.prod.mdn.mozit.cloud/attachments/2012/09/29/4109/8ed863a10affb9001307ce05939d7399/padding-bottom.svg|The effect of the CSS padding-bottom property on the element box]]
Note: The padding
property can be used to set paddings on all four sides of an element with a single declaration.
Syntax
/* <length> values */ padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0; padding-bottom: 2cm; /* <percentage> value */ padding-bottom: 10%; /* Global values */ padding-bottom: inherit; padding-bottom: initial; padding-bottom: unset;
The padding-bottom
property is specified as a single value chosen from the list below. Unlike margins, negative values are not allowed for padding.
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 width of the containing block. Must be nonnegative.
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 . It also applies to ::first-letter and ::first-line .
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Inherited | no |
Percentages | refer to the width of the containing block |
Computed value | the percentage as specified or the absolute length |
Animation type | a length |
Formal syntax
<length> | <percentage>
Examples
Setting padding bottom with pixels and percentages
.content { padding-bottom: 5%; }
.sidebox { padding-bottom: 10px; }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
CSS Basic Box ModelThe definition of 'padding-bottom' in that specification. | Working Draft | No change. |
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1)The definition of 'padding-bottom' in that specification. | Recommendation | No change. |
CSS Level 1The definition of 'padding-bottom' in that specification. | Recommendation | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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padding-bottom
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Chrome
Full support 1 |
Edge
Full support 12 |
Firefox
Full support 1 |
IE
Full support 4 |
Opera
Full support 3.5 |
Safari
Full support 1 |
WebView Android
Full support ≤37 |
Chrome Android
Full support 18 |
Firefox Android
Full support 4 |
Opera Android
Full support 14 |
Safari iOS
Full support 1 |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
See also
- Introduction to the CSS basic box model
padding-top
,padding-right
,padding-left
and thepadding
shorthand- The mapped logical properties:
padding-block-start
,padding-block-end
,padding-inline-start
, andpadding-inline-end
and the shorthandspadding-block
andpadding-inline
padding-bottom by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.