CSS/Properties/text-indent
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text-indent
The text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line of text in a block container.
Description
| Values | <length> | <percentage> | inherit |
|---|---|
| Initial value | 0 |
| Applies to | block containers |
| Inherited | Yes |
Point, Note
- This property only affects a first line of an element.
Values
<length>
The indentation is a fixed length.
<percentage>
The indentation is a percentage of the containing block width.
inherit
Takes the same specified value as the property for the element's parent.
Example
Example A
[style.css]
p {
width: 300px;
border: 1px solid black;
text-indent: 1em;
}
[index.html]
<body>
<p>CSS is a Style Sheet Language for formatting the document content
(written in HTML or other markup language). You might be interested
by the CSS Working Group wiki too.</p>
</body>
CSS Reference
The CSS specification defines the text-indent property in 16.1 Indentation.
