padding-right Attribute | paddingRight Property

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padding-right Attribute | paddingRight Property


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

Syntax

HTML{ padding-right: sPadding }
Scriptingobject.style.paddingRight [ = sPadding ]

Possible Values

sPadding String that specifies one of the following values:
lengthFloating-point number, followed by an absolute units designator (cm, mm, in, pt, pc, or px) or a relative units designator (em or ex). For more information about the supported length units, see CSS Length Units.
percentageInteger, followed by a %. The value is a percentage of the width of the parent object.

The property is read/write with a default value of 0; the cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see dynamic propertiesInternet Link.

Remarks

To use this property, inline elements must have an absolute position or layout. Element layout is set by providing a value for the height property or the width property.

Negative values are not allowed.

Example

The following examples use the padding-right attribute and the paddingRight property to change the padding of the object.

This example uses TD as a selector in an embedded style sheet to set the right padding for all table cells to 1 centimeter.

Sample Code

<STYLE>
    TD { padding-right:1cm }
</STYLE>

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This example uses inline scripting to set the cell's right padding to 1 centimeter when an onmouseover event occurs.

<TD onmouseover="this.style.paddingRight='1cm'"
    onmouseout="this.style.paddingRight=''">
    <IMG src="sphere.jpg">
</TD>

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Applies To

[ Object Name ]
PlatformVersion
Win16:
Win32:
Mac:
Unix:
WinCE:
Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.
A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, custom, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, Hn, HR, I, IFRAME, 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, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TD, TEXTAREA, TH, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

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