padding-bottom, padding-left, padding-right, padding-top | NN 4 IE 4 CSS 1
| Inherited: No
All four attributes set the padding width of a single side of an element. Padding is space that extends around the content box of an element up to but not including any border that may be specified for the element. Padding picks up the background image or color of its element. As you add padding to an element, you increase the size of the visible rectangle of the element without affecting the content block size.
CSS Syntax
    padding-bottom: paddingThickness
    padding-left: paddingThickness
    padding-right: paddingThickness
    padding-top: paddingThickness
Value
Values for paddingThickness can be lengths or percentages of the next outermost container size.
Initial Value
0; IE for Windows specifies a default value of 1 for td and th elements.
Example
    blockquote {padding-left: 20; padding-top: 10}
    #narrowCol {padding-left: 30%; padding-right: 30%}
Applies To
All elements (IE 5 for Macintosh, IE 5.5 for Windows, and Netscape 6); body, caption, div, iframe, marquee, table, td, textarea, tr, and elements (IE 5 and earlier for Windows).
Object Model Reference
    [window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.paddingBottom
    [window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.paddingLeft
    [window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.paddingRight
    [window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.paddingTop