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Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
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.
/* <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: unset;
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
.
Constituent properties
This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:
Syntax
Values
The padding-block
property takes the same values as the padding-left
property.
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
<'padding-left'>{1,2}
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 | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 The definition of 'padding-block' in that specification. |
Editor's Draft | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
padding-block | Chrome
Full support
69
| Edge
Full support
79
| Firefox Full support 66 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 56 | Safari No support No | WebView Android Full support 69 | Chrome Android
Full support
69
| Firefox Android Full support 66 | Opera Android Full support 48 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 10.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
See also
- The mapped physical properties:
padding-top
,padding-right
,padding-bottom
, andpadding-left
writing-mode
,direction
,text-orientation