CSS Property: padding

The padding property is a shorthand property for padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom and padding-left properties.

EXAMPLE

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Padding</title>
    <style>
        *, *::before, *::after { 
            box-sizing: border-box; 
        }

        body{
            margin: 0;
            padding: 20px;
            font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
            background: #f5f7fa;
        }

        /* Main block (container) */
        .container{
            margin-bottom: 2rem;
            background: #e6edf3;
            color: #333333;
            padding: 1rem; /* basic internal spacing */
            border-radius: .5rem;
            line-height: 1.5;
        }

        .container h3{
            margin-top: 0;
            color: #0066cc;
        }

        .container p{
            border: 2px solid #64b5f6;
            background: #fff;
        }

        /* Individual examples of padding */
        .pad-top   {
            padding-top: 20px;    
        }
        .pad-right { 
            padding-right: 50px; 
        }
        .pad-bottom{ 
            padding-bottom: 80px;
        }
        .pad-left  { 
            padding-left: 100px; 
        }

        /* Shorthand (top right bottom left) */
        .pad-shorthand{
            padding: 20px 50px 80px 100px;
        }

        @media (max-width:600px){
            .container { padding:.75rem; }
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
    <h3>Individual padding properties</h3>

    <!-- individual directions -->
    <p class="pad-top">padding‑top: 20px;</p>
    <p class="pad-right">padding‑right: 50px;</p>
    <p class="pad-bottom">padding‑bottom: 80px;</p>
    <p class="pad-left">padding‑left: 100px;</p>

    <!-- shorthand -->
    <p class="pad-shorthand">padding: 20px 50px 80px 100px;<br>(top, right, bottom, left)</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

RESULT