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Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the left border of the object and the content.
Syntax
{ padding-left : sPadding } |
object . style.paddingLeft [ = sPadding ] |
Possible Values
sPadding | Variant that specifies or receives one of the following values.
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The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle . The property has a default value of 0 for all objects with the following exceptions:
TD | 1 |
TH | 1 |
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties .
Remarks
As of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5, this property applies to inline elements. With earlier versions of Internet Explorer, inline elements must have an absolute position or layout to use this property. Element layout is set by providing a value for the height property or the width property.
Negative values are not allowed.
Examples
The following examples use the padding-left attribute and the paddingLeft property to change the padding of the object.This example uses td as a selector in an embedded style sheet to set the left padding for all table cells to 1 centimeter.
<STYLE> TD { padding-left :1cm } </STYLE>This example uses inline scripting to set the cell's left padding to 1 centimeter when an onmouseover event occurs.
<TD onmouseover="this.style. paddingLeft ='1cm'" onmouseout="this.style. paddingLeft =''"> <IMG src="sphere.jpg"> </TD>Standards Information
This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) .
Applies To
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A , ACRONYM , ADDRESS , APPLET , B , BDO , BIG , BLOCKQUOTE , BODY , BUTTON , CAPTION , CENTER , CITE , CODE , COL , COLGROUP , currentStyle , CUSTOM , DD , defaults , DEL , DFN , DIR , DIV , DL , DT , EM , EMBED , FIELDSET , FONT , FORM , FRAME , hn , HR , I , IMG , INPUT type=button , INPUT type=checkbox , INPUT type=file , INPUT type=image , INPUT type=password , INPUT type=radio , INPUT type=reset , INPUT type=submit , INPUT type=text , INS , KBD , LABEL , LEGEND , LI , LISTING , MARQUEE , MENU , nextID , NOBR , OBJECT , OL , P , PLAINTEXT , PRE , Q , RT , RUBY , runtimeStyle , S , SAMP , SELECT , SMALL , SPAN , STRIKE , STRONG , style , SUB , SUP , TD , TEXTAREA , TH , TT , U , UL , VAR , XMP |
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