text-align

Description »

Specifies the horizontal alignment of text in an element.

Browser Compatibility
IE FF GC S O

Possible Values »

  • text-align: left;
  • The default value. Text is aligned to the left.
  • text-align: right;
  • Text is aligned to the right.
  • text-align: center;
  • Text is centered.
  • text-align: justify;
  • Spacing is adjusted on each line to assure that each line is aligned to both the right and left. Each line of text (except the last) will have equal length.
  • text-align: inherit;
  • The text alignment is inherited from the parent element.

Details »

This property simply determines how text in an element is aligned. For visual representation, the following shows how the four main values relate to the symbols on a Word palette:

Left Center Right Justify

In Practice »

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