css padding left and right code example

Example 1: css padding

padding: 5px 10px 15px 20px; //top right bottom left

padding: 10px 20px;//top & bottom then left & right

padding-top: 5px; //just top padding
padding-right: 10px; //just right padding
padding-bottom: 15px; //just bottom padding
padding-left: 20px; //just left padding

Example 2: how to add a left margin in css

<html>
   <head>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p style = "margin-left: 15px; border:1px solid black;">
         This is a paragraph with a specified left margin
      </p>
      
      <p style = "margin-left: 5%; border:1px solid black;">
         This is another paragraph with a specified top margin in percent
      </p>
   </body>
</html>

Example 3: padding left

.yourClass {
  padding-left: 50px; // or
  padding-left: 1%; // to scale it in relation to its parent
}

Example 4: css padding

padding: 5px 10px 15px; //top then left & right then bottom

Example 5: css padding

padding: 1%;  // scales proportionally - on ALL sides

Example 6: padding css

.box {
  padding: <padding-top> || <padding-right> || <padding-bottom> || <padding-left>
}

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