CSS GUIDE TEXT ALIGN

This document is a work in progress and is subject to change.

Summary

The text-align property is used to to describe how contents of a block are horizontally aligned.

Applicability:	The text-align property can be used for all CSS elements.
Media Group:	Visual
Inherited:	Yes

Syntax

TARGET_ELEMENT { text-align: start | end | left | right | center | justify | <string> }  

Legal Values

There are 7 possible values for text-align:

Value	Explanation
start	Contents are aligned to the start edge of the line box.
end	Contents are aligned to the end edge of the line box.
left	Contents are aligned to the left edge of the line box.
right	Contents are aligned to the right edge of the line box.
center	Contents are centered within the line box.
justify	Text is justified according to the method specified by the 'text-justify' property.
<string>	When applied to a table cell, specifies a string on which all cells in its table column that also have a string value for 'text-align' will align.

See usage examples section for more details.

Usage Examples

center { text-align: center } Creates center element that will align contents in center of line box

Notes

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) provides a free online CSS validation service.

Specification Conformance

• CSS 1
• CSS 2.1
• CSS 3

See Also

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