Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, 2nd ...

Part II: PropertiesFigure 5-7a is combined with the markup in Figure 5-7b.Figure 5-7bFigure 5-7c shows the result of the preceding rule and markup.Figure 5-7cFigure 5-7 demonstrates the most common use of the text-indent property, with a normal lengthvalue, used to indent the text of the target element. The text-indent property can also accept a percentagewidth. This is demonstrated in the rule in Figure 5-8a.Figure 5-8a is combined with the markup from Figure 5-7b, to get the output you see in Figure 5-8b.The percentage width assigned by the text-indent property depends on the width of the element’sparent element. In this example, the parent element is the element. By default, the element’s width expands horizontally, filling the entire browser window.142