Web Design in a Nutshell

Name

text-indent

Values:

length|percentage

Example:

P.first { text-indent: 3em }

Applies to:

Block-level elements

Inherited:

Yes

This property specifies an amount of indentation (from the left margin) to appear in the first line of text in an element. The value of text-indent may be negative to create hanging-indent effects, although this feature is poorly supported. Values can be specified in any available unit of length or as a percentage of the line length.