Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide

Name

text-indent — IE4 Y/Y | IE5 Y/Y | NN4 Y/Y | Op3 Y/-

Synopsis

Used to set the indentation of the first line of an element. This is most often used to create a tab effect for Negative values are permitted, and cause “hanging indents.”

Example

P {text-indent: 5em;}
H2 {text-indent: -25px;}

Values

<length> | <percentage>

Default

0

Inherited

yes

Applies to

block

Percentage values refer to parent element’s width.