CSS:text-align
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[edit] Summary
The text-align property is used to to describe how lines of text are aligned with each other. Text-align does not control the alignment of elements, only their inline content.
- Initial value: user-agent specific and can depend on writing direction
- Applies to: all block level elements
- Inherited: yes
- Media:
visual - Computed value:
[edit] Syntax
text-align: left | center | right | justify | inherit
[edit] Values
- left : line boxes within the element line up to the left inner content edge of the paragraph
- right : line boxes within the element line up to the right inner content edge of the paragraph
- center : line boxes within the element are centered within the content edges of the paragraph
- justify : line boxes within the element line up their left and right edges to the left and right content edges of the paragraph
[edit] Examples
p.left { text-align: left }
p.right { text-align: right }
[edit] Notes
- CSS2 included a <string> value that was dropped from CSS2.1 due to the lack of implementation.
[edit] Specifications
[edit] Browser compatibility
| Browser | Lowest Version |
|---|---|
| Internet Explorer | 3 |
| Netscape | 4 |
| Opera | 3.5 |
[edit] See also
text-indent, text-align, text-decoration, letter-spacing, word-spacing, text-transform, white-space, white-space-collapse, text-rendering, text-wrap, text-shadow, margin (auto), margin-left (auto), margin-right (auto), vertical-align