CSS text-indent Property
 Complete CSS Reference
Definition and Usage
The text-indent property specifies the indentation of the first line in a text-block.
Note: Negative values are allowed. The first line will be indented to the left if the value is negative.
| Default value: |
not specified |
| Inherited: |
yes |
| Version: |
CSS1 |
| JavaScript syntax: |
object.style.textIndent="50px" |
Browser Support
The text-indent property is supported in all major browsers.
Note: No versions of Internet Explorer (including IE8) support the property value "inherit".
Property Values
| Value |
Description |
| length |
Defines a fixed indentation in px, pt, cm, em, etc. |
| % |
Defines the indentation in % of the width of the parent
element |
| inherit |
Specifies that the value of the text-indent property should be inherited
from the parent element |
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Text
HTML DOM reference: textIndent property
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