Creating Space Around Content Using Padding in HTML

I'm currently working on creating a "Pad," but I am struggling to figure out how to do it.

If you take a look at the Fiddle, you'll notice that the "Content" is padded intentionally. I know how to achieve this using a table.

However, when including Javascript, I discovered that if I use a table, everything appears regardless of the script and div tags, which is not what I want.

What I'm looking for is a way to add padding to the section after "Content" so that it aligns properly. Perhaps I'm building the table incorrectly; at this point, I am more interested in learning how to accomplish this without tables in HTML.

Any assistance or guidance would be highly appreciated.

Javascript:

function selection(){
    var myEvaluator = addendaList.options[addendaList.selectedIndex].value;
    var referenceNumberId = document.getElementById("referenceNumberBlock");
    var deliveryIdentificationId = document.getElementById("deliveryIdentificationBlock");
    var currencyISOCodeId = document.getElementById("currencyISOCodeBlock");
    var referenceTrafficId = document.getElementById("referenceTrafficBlock");

    if( myEvaluator == "IMP" ) {
        referenceNumberId.style.display         = "block";
        deliveryIdentificationId.style.display  = "block";
        currencyISOCodeId.style.display         = "none";
        referenceTrafficId.style.display        = "none";
    } else if ( myEvaluator == "EXP" ) {
        referenceNumberId.style.display         = "none";
        deliveryIdentificationId.style.display  = "none";
        currencyISOCodeId.style.display         = "block";
        referenceTrafficId.style.display        = "block";
    }
}

HTML

<body>
<table width="620" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <td width="160" valign="top">
        <b>Content</b>
    </td>
</table>

    <b>Select an option:  </b>
    <select name = "code" id = "addendaList" onChange = "select()">
        <option value = "IMP">Import</option>
        <option value = "EXP">Export</option>
    </select>

    <div ID = "referenceNumberBlock" style = "display:block;">
        <b>Reference Number: </b>
            <input name = "referenceNumber" id = "referenceNumber" type = "text" size = "16" maxlength="15" value = "">
    </div>

    <div ID = "deliveryIdentificationBlock" style = "display:block;">
        <b>Delivery Identification: </b>
            <input id = "deliveryIdentification" name = "deliveryIDentification" type = "text" size = "16" maxlength = "30" value = "">
    </div>

    <div ID = "currencyISOCodeBlock" style = "display:none;">
        <b>Currency ISO Code: </b>
             <select id = "ISOCodes" name = "currencyISOCode">
                 <option value = "MXN">MXN</option>
                 <option value = "USD">USD</option>
             </select>
    </div>

    <div ID = "referenceTrafficBlock" style ="display:none;">
        <b>Traffic Number: </b>
            <input name = "referenceTraffic" type = "text" size = "16" maxlength = "20" value = "">
    <div>
</body>

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/tL98L/4/

Updated Fiddle with solution: http://jsfiddle.net/tL98L/18/

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Answer №1

To add padding to specific elements, enclose them with a 

<div class="padding-container">
and include the following CSS code:

.padding-container { padding-left: 15px; }

This solution should be effective for your needs.

Answer №2

Hey Erick, could you please give this code a try? Let me know if you need anything else.

<style type="text/css">
    #mydata tr td
    {
        padding-left:5px;
    }
    #mydata tr td:first-child
    {
        text-align:right;
    }
    #mydata input[type="text"]
    {
        width:170px;
        height:27px;        
    }
    select
    {
        width:179px;
        height:33px;
    }
    #mydata input[type="text"] , select
    {
        padding-left:5px;
    }

    </style>


<div>
<table id="mydata">
<tr>
<td>Choose an Option:</td>
<td>
<select name = "mode" id = "choices" onChange = "choose()">
        <option value = "IMP">Import</option>
        <option value = "EXP">Export</option>
    </select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Reference Number:</td>
<td><input name = "refNumber" id = "refNumber" type = "text" size = "16" maxlength="15" value = ""></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Delivery ID:</td>
<td><input id = "delID" name = "deliveryID" type = "text" size = "16" maxlength = "30" value = ""></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

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