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Posted by Abhishek Neogi
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Abhishek Neogi
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 995 Points

Did not understand padding properly, help please?

Hi, I have a few questions regarding padding.

Does padding just fill space up with the <div> element's contents around the 4 edges in general, in every case?

Or does padding offset space in the interior of the browser's view, from the outer 4 edges of the browser area?

Does it expand the space/stretch out the edges of HTML elements from its 4 sides or does it work from outside-in, meaning adding space from the 4 corners of the browser window thereby shrinking everything inside the browser (like squashing its size down)?

Is padding like stuffing up the space up with cushions in order to fill up space or padding as in soften the effect of a hard surface by padding it with stuff?

Can't visualize how it works clearly. Thanks again. :)

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Check this post.

Look here for an example of any element:

               margin
          -----------------
         |                |           
         |     padding    |            
         |                |           
margin   |     content    |     margin
         |                |                 
         |     padding    |            
         |                |          
          -----------------
                margin

I hope this helps. ~Alex

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
8,900 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
8,900 Points

Here is an example image to help explain - click here

This will show you the comparison between the content, padding, borders, and margins. Hope this helps!