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padding-bottom

The padding-bottom CSS property sets the height of the padding area on the bottom of an element.

An element's padding area is the space between its content and its border.

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 syntax

<length> | <percentage>

Examples

.content { padding-bottom: 5%; }
.sidebox { padding-bottom: 10px; }

Specifications

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.
Inherited no
Percentages refer to the width of the containing block
Media visual
Computed value the percentage as specified or the absolute length
Animation type a length
Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 1 12 1 4 3.5 1
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support Yes Yes Yes 4 Yes Yes Yes

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/padding-bottom