CSS Padding. With CSS Padding you will be able to change the default padding that appears inside various HTML elements (paragraphs, tables, etc). The CSS box model defines the border and spacing around an HTML element. We'll take a closer look at how it works. CSS Property: padding, padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, padding-left. Specifies the padding of a box. padding. The padding property is a shorthand property for setting 'padding-top', 'padding-right', 'padding-bottom', and 'padding-left' at the same place in the style. Definition and Usage. The padding-left property sets the left padding (space) of an element. Note: Negative values are not allowed. This is the HTML layout: div class= wrap div id= container div id= left . /div . The CSS padding properties define the space between the element border and the element content. Below is some sample code, which has all the links right-justified. I would like to change the CSS so the Left link is left-justified, the others are right. The Padding Property. The padding property sets the left, right, top and bottom padding (space) of an element. This can take a value in terms of length of %. The margin, border, and padding can be broken down into top, right, bottom, and left segments (e.g., in the diagram, LM for left margin, RP for right padding, TB.