One of the easiest ways to indent an entire paragraph in HTML is to use a class and some padding. Let me show an example. In this tutorial, I will indent a paragraph by 40px. I will use a class called “indent” and apply “padding-left” to it. I’m using inline styles in this example, but you can easily apply the same CSS styles to an external stylesheet if you want. First, a normal paragraph.
Normal Paragraph
A normal paragraph would look like this. There is no indentation. The entire paragraph is lined up with the rest of the article. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus ornare hendrerit orci, a congue purus interdum a. Integer nisl risus, tristique a feugiat egestas, malesuada nec massa. Suspendisse dui risus, viverra sit amet posuere nec, sollicitudin et ipsum. Maecenas mollis dapibus nunc, eu pharetra dui pulvinar vel. Morbi convallis purus quis quam ultrices ultrices lobortis augue rutrum. Donec ipsum massa, ullamcorper vitae lacinia ut, adipiscing sed ipsum.
A Paragraph With CSS Styling
<div class=”indent” style=”padding-left:40px;”> |
In this div class, I am simply applying padding-left of 40 pixels to the entire class called “indent.” This will indent the entire paragraph as you can see in the results below. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Phasellus ornare hendrerit orci, a congue purus interdum a. Integer nisl risus, tristique a feugiat egestas, malesuada nec massa. Suspendisse dui risus, viverra sit amet posuere nec, sollicitudin et ipsum. Maecenas mollis dapibus nunc, eu pharetra dui pulvinar vel. Morbi convallis purus quis quam ultrices ultrices lobortis augue rutrum. Donec ipsum massa, ullamcorper vitae lacinia ut, adipiscing sed ipsum.
</div> |