text-align Attribute | textAlign Property

Sets or retrieves whether the text in the object is left-aligned, right-aligned, centered, or justified.

Syntax

HTML { text-align: sAlign }

Scripting object.style.textAlign [ = sAlign ]

HTML	{ text-align: sAlign }
Scripting	object.style.textAlign [ = sAlign ]

Possible Values

sAlign String that specifies one of the following values:

left Text is aligned to the left.

right Text is aligned to the right.

center Text is centered.

justify Text is justified.

The property is read/write with a default value of left; the cascading style sheets (CSS) attribute is inherited.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

The justify possible value is available as of Internet Explorer 4.0.

Because this property is inherited, all block-level objects inside a DIV object having textAlign=center are centered.

Example

This examples uses the text-align attribute and the textAlign property to align text within the object.

This example uses P as a selector and two classes to call an embedded style sheet that aligns the text according to the respective rule.

Sample Code
<STYLE>
    P { text-align:center }
    .align1 { text-align:right }
    .align2 { text-align:justify }
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<P onclick= "this.className='align1'" 
    ondblclick="this.className='align2'">
. . . </P>
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This example uses inline scripting to change the alignment of the text when an onmouseover event occurs.
<P STYLE="font-size:14" 
    onmouseover="this.style.textAlign='center'">
. . . </P>
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Applies To

[ Object Name ]

Platform Version

Win16:

Win32:

Mac:

Unix:

WinCE:

Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.

BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, CENTER, currentStyle, DD, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, FIELDSET, FORM, Hn, HR, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=text, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, runtimeStyle, style, TABLE, TD, TEXTAREA, TH, TR, UL, XMP