text-align-last

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨September 2022⁩.

The text-align-last CSS property sets how the last line of a block or a line, right before a forced line break, is aligned.

Try it

text-align-last: right;

text-align-last: center;

text-align-last: left;

<section id="default-example">
  <div>
    <p id="example-element">
      Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
      aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
    </p>
  </div>
</section>

section {
  font-size: 1.5em;
}

#default-example > div {
  width: 250px;
}

#example-element {
  text-align: justify;
}

Syntax

css

/* Keyword values */
text-align-last: auto;
text-align-last: start;
text-align-last: end;
text-align-last: left;
text-align-last: right;
text-align-last: center;
text-align-last: justify;

/* Global values */
text-align-last: inherit;
text-align-last: initial;
text-align-last: revert;
text-align-last: revert-layer;
text-align-last: unset;

Values

auto: The affected line is aligned per the value of text-align, unless text-align is justify, in which case the effect is the same as setting text-align-last to start.
start: The same as left if direction is left-to-right and right if direction is right-to-left.
end: The same as right if direction is left-to-right and left if direction is right-to-left.
left: The inline contents are aligned to the left edge of the line box.
right: The inline contents are aligned to the right edge of the line box.
center: The inline contents are centered within the line box.
justify: The text is justified. Text should line up their left and right edges to the left and right content edges of the paragraph.

Formal definition

Initial value	`auto`
Applies to	block containers
Inherited	yes
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

text-align-last = 
  auto          |
  start         |
  end           |
  left          |
  right         |
  center        |
  justify       |
  match-parent

Examples

Justifying the last line

<p>
  Integer elementum massa at nulla placerat varius. Suspendisse in libero risus,
  in interdum massa. Vestibulum ac leo vitae metus faucibus gravida ac in neque.
  Nullam est eros, suscipit sed dictum quis, accumsan a ligula.
</p>

CSS

css

p {
  font-size: 1.4em;
  text-align: justify;
  text-align-last: center;
}

Results

Specifications

Specification
CSS Text Module Level 3 # text-align-last-property

Browser compatibility

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