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CSS text-indent Property

Definition

The text-indent indents the first line of text in an element.

Inherited: Yes

Note: Negative values are allowed. The first line will be indented to the left if the value is negative.

CSS properties can also be dynamically changed with a JavaScript.

Scripting Syntax: object.style.textIndent="50px"

In our HTML DOM tutorial you can find more details about the textIndent property.

In our HTML DOM tutorial you can also find a full Style Object Reference.

p
{
text-indent: 20px
}

p
{
text-indent: -12px
}

Value	Description
length	Defines a fixed indentation. Default value: 0
%	Defines an indentation in % of the width of the parent element

Indent text
This example demonstrates how to indent the first line of a paragraph.