You are here: Reference > JavaScript > client-side > style handling > properties > paddingRight

paddingRight style property

Browser support:
Specifies or returns the space between an element's right border and its contents.
With the paddingRight property you can specify the distance between the right borderRight and the element's content.

Syntax:

object.paddingRight;
You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.
This property is read/write.
CSS page for this property: padding-right

Possible values:

The type of this property is string.
 One of the following values: 
inherit
Takes the value of this property from the computed style of the parent element.
space in non-negative length
The space in length units. For the supported length units, see the length page.
space in non-negative percentage
The space is the specified percentage of the width of the parent element.
Default: 0.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the padding-right, border and margin properties:
<head>
    <style>
        .outer {
            border: 1px solid #ffffff;
            background-color: #ffb08a;
        }
        .middle {
            margin: 20px;
            padding-right: 20px;
            border: 10px solid #000000;
            background-color: #ceb379;
        }
        .inner {
            height: 10px;
            border: 1px solid #ffffff;
            background-color: #ffffff;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <table cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="10px">
        <tr>
            <td style="background-color: #ffb08a;">&nbsp;</td>
            <td>margin</td>
            <td style="background-color: #000000;">&nbsp;</td>
            <td>border</td>
            <td style="background-color: #ceb379;">&nbsp;</td>
            <td>padding</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    
    <div class="outer">
        <div class="middle">
            <div class="inner"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
Did you find this example helpful? yes no

Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the paddingRight property in JavaScript:
<head>
    <style>
        .outer {
            border: 1px solid #ffffff;
            background-color: #ffb08a;
        }
        .middle {
            margin: 20px;
            padding-right: 20px;
            border: 10px solid #000000;
            background-color: #ceb379;
        }
        .inner {
            height: 10px;
            border: 1px solid #ffffff;
            background-color: #ffffff;
        }
    </style>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function ChangePaddingRight () {
            var middleDiv = document.getElementById ("middleDiv");
            var paddingInput = document.getElementById ("paddingInput");

            middleDiv.style.paddingRight = paddingInput.value + "px";
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <table cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="10px">
        <tr>
            <td style="background-color: #ffb08a;">&nbsp;</td>
            <td>margin</td>
            <td style="background-color: #000000;">&nbsp;</td>
            <td>border</td>
            <td style="background-color: #ceb379;">&nbsp;</td>
            <td>padding</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <div class="outer">
        <div id="middleDiv" class="middle">
            <div class="inner"></div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <br />
    paddingRight: 
    <input id="paddingInput" type="text" value="40" size="2" /> 
    <button onclick="ChangePaddingRight ();">Change</button>
</body>
Did you find this example helpful? yes no

Supported by objects:

Related pages:

External links:

User Contributed Comments

Post Content

Post Content