CSS Padding Properties

2008 Oct 17

Negative not allowed. Does not affect line-height.
Property Values Initial Value Applies to Inherited Percentage
padding [ <length> | <percentage> ] {1,4} | inherit not defined all elements no of width of containing block
padding-bottom
padding-left
padding-right
padding-top 		<length> | <percentage> | inherit 0 all elements no of width of containing block

Background fills the padding region too:

CSS+HTML Results 
<div style="padding: 8px; margin: 3px; 
            border: 1px dashed; 
            background: url(bg.jpg);">
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