Basic CSS: Use Clockwise Notation to Specify the Padding of an Element

Basic CSS: Use Clockwise Notation to Specify the Padding of an Element

Instead of specifying an element's padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, and padding-left properties individually, you can specify them all in one line, like this:
padding: 10px 20px 10px 20px;
These four values work like a clock: top, right, bottom, left, and will produce the exact same result as using the side-specific padding instructions.

Use Clockwise Notation to give the ".blue-box" class a padding of 40px on its top and left side, but only 20px on its bottom and right side.


<style>
.injected-text {
margin-bottom: -25px;
text-align: center;
}

.box {
border-style: solid;
border-color: black;
border-width: 5px;
text-align: center;
}

.yellow-box {
background-color: yellow;
padding: 20px 40px 20px 40px;
}
.red-box {
background-color: crimson;
color: #fff;
padding: 20px 40px 20px 40px;
}

.blue-box {
background-color: blue;
color: #fff;
padding: 40px 20px 20px 40px
}
</style>
<h5 class="injected-text">margin</h5>

<div class="box yellow-box">
<h5 class="box red-box">padding</h5>
<h5 class="box blue-box">padding</h5>
</div>

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