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Panel:DockPadding( number paddingLeft, number paddingTop, number paddingRight, number paddingBottom )

Description

Sets the dock padding of the panel.

The dock padding is the extra space that will be left around the edge when child elements are docked inside this element.

1 number paddingLeft

The left padding to the parent.

2 number paddingTop

The top padding to the parent.

3 number paddingRight

The right padding to the parent.

4 number paddingBottom

The bottom padding to the parent.

Example showing the effects of DockMargin and DockPadding

local frame = vgui.Create("DFrame") frame:SetSize(600, 300) frame:SetTitle("Docking Demonstration") frame:Center() frame:MakePopup(true) local panel = vgui.Create("DPanel", frame) panel:DockMargin(10, 20, 30, 40) panel:DockPadding(40, 30, 20, 10) panel:Dock(FILL) local button = vgui.Create("DButton", panel) button:SetText("Lopsided proportions!") button:Dock(FILL)

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