paddingLeft property

Sets or retrieves the amount of space to insert between the left border of the object and the content.

Syntax

Integer value = object.put_paddingLeft(Variant v);Integer value = object.get_paddingLeft(Variant* sPadding);

Property values

Type: VARIANT

percentage (percentage)

Integer, followed by a percent sign (%). The value is a percentage of the width of the parent object.

String format

<length> | <percentage>

CSS information

Standards information

• CSS 2.1, Section 5.5.9

Remarks

As of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, this property applies to inline elements. With earlier versions of Windows Internet Explorer, inline elements must have an absolute IHTMLRuleStyle::position or layout to use this property. Element layout is set by providing a value for the IHTMLRuleStyle::height property or the IHTMLRuleStyle::width property.

Negative values are not allowed.

Examples

The following example shows two div elements that each contain text and have specified IHTMLRuleStyle::width and IHTMLRuleStyle::border values. The second div element also has a specified IHTMLRuleStyle::paddingLeft value.

<div id="noPadding">
   <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.</p>
</div>
<div id="paddingLeft">
   <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.</p>
</div>

#noPadding {
   width: 200px;
   border: .5em solid #BBBBBB;
}
#paddingLeft {
   width: 200px;
   border: .5em solid #BBBBBB;
   padding-left: 20px;
}

The following image shows the first div element without any padding.

The following image shows the second div element with a IHTMLRuleStyle::paddingLeft value of 20 pixels.

Requirements

See also

CSS Enhancements in Internet Explorer 6