CSS text-align-last Property

The CSS text-align-last property sets the alignment of the last line of the text. It is one of the CSS3 properties.

The text-align-last property sets the alignment for the last line of the block container it is applied to. For example, if a <div> contains three paragraphs, text-align-last will apply only to the last line of the <div> itself, not to the individual paragraphs inside it.

note
This property is most noticeable when text-align: justify is used and the text wraps to multiple lines. On a single line, it behaves identically to text-align.

Initial Value	auto
Applies to	Block containers.
Inherited	Yes.
Animatable	No.
Version	CSS3
DOM Syntax	object.style.textAlignLast = "left";

Browser Compatibility

Browser	Support
Chrome	50+
Edge	12+
Firefox	49+
Safari	10.1+
Opera	37+

Syntax

CSS text-align-last syntax

css

text-align-last: auto | left | right | center | justify | start | end | initial | inherit;

Example of the text-align-last property:

CSS text-align-last code example

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .demo {
        text-align: justify;
        text-align-last: right;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Text-align-last property example</h2>
    <h3>text-align-last: right:</h3>
    <div class="demo">
      Lorem Ipsum is dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Result

CSS text-align-last all values

Example of the text-align-last property with the "start", "justify" and "center" values:

CSS text-align-last all values example

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .demo1 {
        text-align: justify;
        text-align-last: start;
      }
      .demo2 {
        text-align: justify;
        text-align-last: center;
      }
      .demo3 {
        text-align: justify;
        text-align-last: justify;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Text-align-last property example</h2>
    <h3>Text-align-last: start:</h3>
    <div class="demo1">
      Lorem Ipsum is dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
    </div>
    <h3>Text-align-last: center:</h3>
    <div class="demo2">
      Lorem Ipsum is dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
    </div>
    <h3>Text-align-last: justify:</h3>
    <div class="demo3">
      Lorem Ipsum is dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the text-align-last property with the "end" value:

Example of the text-align-last property with the "end" value:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      .demo {
        text-align: justify;
        text-align-last: end;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Text-align-last property example</h2>
    <h3>text-align-last: end:</h3>
    <div class="demo">
      <p>
        Lorem Ipsum is dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
      </p>
      <p>
        Lorem Ipsum is dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
      </p>
      <p>
        Lorem Ipsum is dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
      </p>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Values

Value	Description	Play it
auto	Uses the value of the `text-align` property. This is the default value.	Play it »
left	Aligns the last line to the left.	Play it »
right	Aligns the last line to the right.	Play it »
center	Aligns the last line to the center.	Play it »
justify	The last line is justified as the other lines.	Play it »
start	The last line is aligned at the beginning of the line. Left if direction is left-to-right and right if direction is right-to-left.	Play it »
end	The last line is aligned at the end of the line. Right if direction is left-to-right, left if direction is right-to-left.	Play it »
initial	Makes the property use its default value.	Play it »
inherit	Inherits the property from its parent element.	Play it »

Practice

What does the 'text-Align-last' property in CSS do?

It is used to set how the last line of a block or a line right before a forced line break is aligned when 'text-align' is 'justify'.It is used to change the color of text.It is used to adjust the font size of the text.It controls the alignment of the last line of the text block.

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Example of the text-align-last property: ​

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Example of the text-align-last property with the "start", "justify" and "center" values: ​

Example of the text-align-last property with the "end" value: ​

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CSS text-align-last Property

Browser Compatibility

Syntax

Example of the text-align-last property:

Result

Example of the text-align-last property with the "start", "justify" and "center" values:

Example of the text-align-last property with the "end" value:

Values

Practice