Text-Indent

text-indent Support Key: *CSS1* \| CSS2 \| *IE3B1* \| N4B2 \| O3.5	Other Text Properties
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What is it?: This property specifies the horizontal indent from the left side of the current parent Block Element for the first line in the current Block. The indent is only applied at the beginning of the block and not after any intervening line-breaking elements (like BR.)

Allowed Values
inherit
CSS2: Type: Explicit; Description:
Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent.
[length]
CSS1 | CSS2 | IE3B1 | N4B2 | O3.5: Type: Calculated; Description:
This is an absolute value to determine text indenting. Negative values are allowed, but browsers may have limits to behavior in such situations. Consult the Units Page for acceptable length unit systems.
[percentage]
CSS1 | CSS2 | IE3B1 | N4B2 | O3.5: Type: Calculated; Description:
This number is a multiplier used to determine the text-indent relative to the parent block's width.

Example: Ext/Doc: p { text-indent: 0.5in }; In-Line: <p STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in">text</p>

Browser Peculiarities

Internet Explorer

4.0+:
- [Reported elsewhere] Text-indent percentages are apparently not calculated correctly.
5.0+:
- When new blocks of content are contained within a text-indented block element (eg: regular DIV nested inside a DIV with 'text-indent'), the 'text-indent' applies to each new block line, not just the first line of the element like it is supposed to.
Netscape

4.x:
- [Reported elsewhere] 'Text-indent' percentages are apparently not calculated correctly.