Property Description

The text-align property sets the horizontal alignment of text in an element.

This property has the following syntax:

text-align: left|right|center|justify|initial|inherit;

Property Values

Value	Description
left	(default if direction=ltr) Aligns the text to the left
right	(default if direction=rtl) Aligns the text to the right
center	Centers the text
justify	Stretches the lines so that each line has equal width
initial	Specifies that the value of the property should be set to the default value
inherit	Specifies that the value of the property should be inherited from the parent element

Examples

The following example shows the basic use of this property:

<p style="text-align:left">text-align:left</p>
<p style="text-align:right">text-align:right</p>
<p style="text-align:center">text-align:center</p>

This produces the following result:

Browser Support

Chrome	Firefox	IE	Safari	Opera
1.0	1.0	3.0	1.0	3.5

Miscellaneous Information

Inherited:	Yes
Defined In:	CSS1
Default Value:	left if direction is ltr, and right if direction is rtl