CSS text-indent

Overview

The text-indent CSS property specifies the indentation that lines of inline content in a block are indented from its “normal” position.

Formal Definition

Specifications

CSS Text Module Level 3 # text-indent-property

Syntax

/* <length> values */
 text-indent: 3mm;
 text-indent: 40px;
 /* <percentage> value relative to the containing block width */
 text-indent: 15%;
 /* Keyword values */
 text-indent: 5em each-line;
 text-indent: 5em hanging;
 text-indent: 5em hanging each-line;
 /* Global values */
 text-indent: inherit;
 text-indent: initial;
 text-indent: revert;
 text-indent: unset;

Code snippets

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