CSS text-align Property
The text-align property is used for aligning the inner content of a block element.
You can use the margin property to center the element.
INFO
Alignment specified with text-align is not with respect to the containing block or viewport.
| Initial Value | left if direction is "ltr", right if direction is "rtl" |
|---|---|
| Applies to | Block containers. |
| Inherited | Yes |
| Animatable | No. |
| Version | CSS1 |
| DOM Syntax | object.style.textAlign = "right"; |
Syntax
Syntax of CSS text-align Property
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text-align: left | right | center | justify | initial | inherit;Example of the text-align property with the "right" and "center" values:
Example of CSS text-align Property with right and center values
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
div {
text-align: right;
}
p {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Text-align property example</h2>
<div>Example for the text-align property.</div>
<p>Some paragraph for example.</p>
</body>
</html>Result
Example of the text-align property with the "center", "left" and "justify" values:
Example of CSS text-align Property with left, center and justify values
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
h2 {
text-align: center;
}
p.date {
text-align: left;
}
p.example {
text-align: justify;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Text-align property example</h2>
<p class="date">March, 2019</p>
<p class="example">
Lorem Ipsum is dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum h as been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown pri nter took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has surviv ed not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essent ially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets conta ining Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Ald us PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum.
</p>
</body>
</html>Values
| Value | Descriptions | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| left | Aligns the text to the left. This is the default value of this property. | Play it » |
| right | Aligns the text to the right. | Play it » |
| center | Aligns the text to the center. | Play it » |
| justify | Extends the lines so that each line has equal width. | Play it » |
| initial | It makes the property use its default value. | Play it » |
| inherit | It inherits the property from its parents element. |
Practice
Which of the following are valid property values for the 'text-align' property in CSS?