CSS text-align Property
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Description
The text-align CSS property sets the horizontal alignment of the inline content like text and images in its parent block element such as heading or paragraph.
The following table summarizes the usages context and the version history of this property.
| Default value: | left if direction is 'ltr', right if direction is 'rtl' |
|---|---|
| Applies to: | Block level elements, table cells and inline-blocks |
| Inherited: | Yes |
| Animatable: | No. See animatable properties. |
| Version: | CSS 1, 2, 3 |
Syntax
The syntax of the property is given with:
The example below shows the text-align property in action.
Example
Try this code »h1 {
text-align: center;
}
p {
text-align: justify;
}Property Values
The following table describes the values of this property.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
left |
Aligns the inline text to the left. |
right |
Aligns the inline text to the right. |
center |
Centers the inline text. |
justify |
The text is justified. Text line up their left and right edges to the left and right content edges of the paragraph by stretching the spaces and words. |
initial |
Sets this property to its default value. |
inherit |
If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element text-align property. |
Browser Compatibility
The text-align property is supported in all major modern browsers.
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Basic Support—
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Further Reading
See tutorial on: CSS Text, CSS Alignment.
Text-related properties: letter-spacing, text-decoration, text-indent, text-overflow, text-shadow, text-transform, white-space, word-spacing.
