border_padding.md

-api-id	-api-type
P:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border.Padding	winrt property

Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.Border.Padding

-description

Gets or sets the distance between the border and its child object.

-xaml-syntax

<Border Padding="uniform"/>
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<Border Padding="left&right,top&bottom"/>
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<Border Padding="left,top,right,bottom"/>

-xaml-values

uniform

uniformA value measured by pixels that specifies a uniform Thickness. The uniform value is applied to all four Thickness values (Left, Top, Right, Bottom).

left&right

left&rightA value measured by pixels that specifies the Left and Right values of a symmetrical Thickness.

top&bottom

top&bottomA value measured by pixels that specifies the Top and Bottom values of a symmetrical Thickness.

left,top,right,bottom

left,top,right,bottomValues measured by pixels that specify the four possible dimension values of a Thickness structure (Left, Top, Right, Bottom). In the XAML syntaxes shown, you can use a space rather than a comma as the delimiter between values.

## -property-value The dimensions of the space between the border and its child as a [Thickness](../microsoft.ui.xaml/thickness.md) value. [Thickness](../microsoft.ui.xaml/thickness.md) is a structure that stores dimension values using pixel measures.

-remarks

A related property is Margin (a property of FrameworkElement). For more info about the relationship between margin and padding, see Alignment, margin, and padding or Define layouts with XAML.

-examples

-see-also

Thickness, Alignment, margin, and padding