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== Summary ==
The text-align property is used to to describe how contents of a block are horizontally aligned.
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<td><b>Applicability:</b></td><td>The text-align property can be used for all CSS elements.<td>
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<td><b>[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/CSS:%40media#Media_groups Media Group:]</b>
</td><td>Visual</td>
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<td><b>Inherited:</b></td><td>Yes</td>
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== Syntax ==
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TARGET_ELEMENT { text-align: start | end | left | right | center | justify | <string> }
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== Legal Values ==
There are 7 possible values for text-align:
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<th>Value</th><th>Explanation</th>
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<td>start</td><td>Contents are aligned to the start edge of the line box.</td>
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<td>end</td><td>Contents are aligned to the end edge of the line box.</td>
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<td>left</td><td>Contents are aligned to the left edge of the line box.</td>
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<td>right</td><td>Contents are aligned to the right edge of the line box.</td>
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<td>center</td><td>Contents are centered within the line box.</td>
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<td>justify</td><td>Text is justified according to the method specified by the 'text-justify' property.
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<td><string></td><td>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.</td>
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See [[#Usage Examples | usage examples]] section for more details.
== Mozilla Recommended Values ==
== Usage Examples ==
<pre>center { text-align: center } Creates center element that will align contents in center of line box</pre>
== Notes ==
The [http://www.w3.org World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)] provides a free online [http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ CSS validation service].
== Specification Conformance ==
*[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1#text-align CSS 1 ]
*[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/text.html#alignment-prop CSS 2.1]
*[http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-text/#text-align CSS 3]
== Browser Compatibility ==
== See Also ==
<big>[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/CSS_guide#CSS_Properties Back to CSS Index]</big>
== Summary ==
The text-align property is used to to describe how contents of a block are horizontally aligned.
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td><b>Applicability:</b></td><td>The text-align property can be used for all CSS elements.<td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>[http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/CSS:%40media#Media_groups Media Group:]</b>
</td><td>Visual</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b>Inherited:</b></td><td>Yes</td>
</tr>
</table>
== Syntax ==
<pre>
TARGET_ELEMENT { text-align: start | end | left | right | center | justify | <string> }
</pre>
== Legal Values ==
There are 7 possible values for text-align:
<table border="2">
<tr>
<th>Value</th><th>Explanation</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>start</td><td>Contents are aligned to the start edge of the line box.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>end</td><td>Contents are aligned to the end edge of the line box.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>left</td><td>Contents are aligned to the left edge of the line box.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>right</td><td>Contents are aligned to the right edge of the line box.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>center</td><td>Contents are centered within the line box.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>justify</td><td>Text is justified according to the method specified by the 'text-justify' property.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><string></td><td>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.</td>
</tr>
</table>
See [[#Usage Examples | usage examples]] section for more details.
== Mozilla Recommended Values ==
== Usage Examples ==
<pre>center { text-align: center } Creates center element that will align contents in center of line box</pre>
== Notes ==
The [http://www.w3.org World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)] provides a free online [http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ CSS validation service].
== Specification Conformance ==
*[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1#text-align CSS 1 ]
*[http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/text.html#alignment-prop CSS 2.1]
*[http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-text/#text-align CSS 3]
== Browser Compatibility ==
== See Also ==
<big>[http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/CSS_guide#CSS_Properties Back to CSS Index]</big>