The interior spacing of the XPTaskBar control can be specified by setting the DockPadding property to integer values.
The horizontal and vertical padding can be specified using the [HorizontalPadding](https://help.syncfusion.com/cr/windowsforms/Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBar.html#Syncfusion_Windows_Forms_Tools_XPTaskBar_HorizontalPadding) and [VerticalPadding](https://help.syncfusion.com/cr/windowsforms/Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBar.html#Syncfusion_Windows_Forms_Tools_XPTaskBar_VerticalPadding) properties. The default value of the both is 'Zero'.
{% tabs %}
{% highlight C# %}
this.xpTaskBar1.DockPadding.All = 10;
this.xpTaskBar1.HorizontalPadding = 3;
this.xpTaskBar1.VerticalPadding = 3;
{% endhighlight %}
{% highlight VB %}
Me.xpTaskBar1.DockPadding.All = 10
Me.xpTaskBar1.HorizontalPadding = 3
Me.xpTaskBar1.VerticalPadding = 3
{% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
### Padding settings for XPTaskBar box header
Padding provides spacing between the text of the header and it's borders. Horizontal and vertical padding can be set using the [PADX](https://help.syncfusion.com/cr/windowsforms/Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarBox.html#Syncfusion_Windows_Forms_Tools_XPTaskBarBox_PADX) and [PADY](https://help.syncfusion.com/cr/windowsforms/Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPTaskBarBox.html#Syncfusion_Windows_Forms_Tools_XPTaskBarBox_PADY) properties.
{% tabs %}
{% highlight C# %}
this.xpTaskBarBox1.PADX = 7;
this.xpTaskBarBox1.PADY = 7;
{% endhighlight %}
{% highlight VB %}
Me.xpTaskBarBox1.PADX = 7
Me.xpTaskBarBox1.PADY = 7
{% endhighlight %}
{% endtabs %}
The following figure displays the XPTaskBar Box with padding settings.
