CSS padding playground

Explore padding with interactive controls for all sides, per-side, or per-axis spacing, switch units, and compare physical and logical properties.

CSS output

Shorthand output groups values into CSS shorthands when possible. Individual output generates one declaration per property so each value can be reviewed or copied separately.

Shorthand Individual

Application

Choose how values are distributed: apply one value to the whole element or adjust only the sides, axes, or groups you need.

All Individual Axes

Property system

Physical properties apply directly to the element's sides, while logical properties apply to the element's sides based on the text direction.

Physical Logical

Text direction

With logical properties, it is important to check how results change in languages written left to right and right to left.

Left to right Right to left

Unit

CSS provides many units. Each lab lets you try the most common ones for that property.

All sides

Top

Right

Bottom

Left

Horizontal

Vertical

padding

HTML

<div class="padding" dir="ltr">
  <div>padding</div>
</div>

CSS

.padding {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  inline-size: max-content;
  border: 1px solid #60a5fa;
  background-color: #f3f4f6;
  padding: 24px;
}

.padding > * {
  border: 1px dashed #f59e0b;
  background-color: #ffffff;
}