padding-block-end
Quick Summary for padding-block-end
padding-block-end
CSS property defines the logical block end padding of an element, which maps to a physical padding depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation.
Code Usage for padding-block-end
/* <length> values */ padding-block-end: 10px; /* An absolute length */ padding-block-end: 1em; /* A length relative to the text size */ /* <percentage> value */ padding-block-end: 5%; /* A padding relative to the block container's width */ /* Global values */ padding-block-end: inherit; padding-block-end: initial; padding-block-end: revert; padding-block-end: unset;
More Details for padding-block-end
padding-block-end
The padding-block-end
CSS property defines the logical block end padding of an element, which maps to a physical padding depending on the element's writing mode, directionality, and text orientation.
Syntax
/* <length> values */ padding-block-end: 10px; /* An absolute length */ padding-block-end: 1em; /* A length relative to the text size */ /* <percentage> value */ padding-block-end: 5%; /* A padding relative to the block container's width */ /* Global values */ padding-block-end: inherit; padding-block-end: initial; padding-block-end: revert; padding-block-end: unset;
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 inline-size of the containing block. Must be nonnegative.
Description
The padding-block-end
property is defined in the specification as taking the same values as the padding-top
property. However, the physical property it maps to depends on the values set for writing-mode
, direction
, and text-orientation
. Therefore, it could map to padding-bottom
, padding-right
, or padding-left
It relates to padding-block-start
, padding-inline-start
, and padding-inline-end
, which define the other paddings of the element.
Formal definition
Initial value | 0 |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements |
Inherited | no |
Percentages | logical-width of containing block |
Computed value | as <length> |
Animation type | a length |
Formal syntax
<'padding-left'>
Examples
Setting block end 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-lr; padding-block-end: 20px; background-color: #C8C800; }
ResultSpecifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Logical Properties and Values Level 1 # padding-properties |
See also
The mapped physical properties:padding-top
, padding-right
, padding-bottom
, and padding-left
writing-mode
, direction
, text-orientation
Last modified: Jan 21, 2022, by MDN contributors
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