Set padding-left to 1cm and padding-right to .5cm in HTML and CSS

Description

The following code shows how to set padding-left to 1cm and padding-right to .5cm.

Example


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<html>
<head>
<title>HTML/XHTML:  &raquo; CSS1 Padding Example</title>


<style type="text/CSS">
#one {border-style: double; border-width: medium; padding-left: 1cm; padding-right: .5cm;}
#two {border-style: double; border-width: medium; padding-top: 1cm; padding-bottom: 1cm;}
#three {border-style: double; border-width: medium; padding: 1cm 1cm; margin: .5cm 4cm;}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="content">
<p id="one">This paragraph of text has padding on the left and
right, but not on the top and bottom.</p>
<p id="two">This paragraph has padding, but this time only on the
top and bottom.</p>
<p id="three">Be careful when using margins. They don't necessarily
apply to the text within the box, but to the box itself.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

Set padding-left to 1cm and padding-right to .5cm in HTML and CSS

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