CSS Property: text-align
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The CSS (CSS1) text-align property indicates how text
in an element should be aligned.
Valid property values
(other than inherit
and initial) are:
|
Value
|
Description
|
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center
|
Centres the text
|
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justify
|
Justifies text, i.e.
stretches lines to encompass whole width. The precise way justification then
works is set by the text-justify
property.
|
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left
|
Aligns text to left
|
|
right
|
Aligns text to right
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Default Value:
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left if direction is ltr (left-to-right), right if direction is rtl (right-to-left)
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JavaScript syntax:
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e.g. object.style.textAlign="justify"
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Inherited:
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Yes
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Animatable:
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No
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