text-align Attribute | textAlign Property

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

Syntax

HTML Scripting

{ text-align : sAlign }

object.style.textAlign [ = sAlign ]

Possible Values

sAlign

String that specifies or receives one of the following values:

left	Default. 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 for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle . The property has 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 About Dynamic Properties .

Remarks

The property applies to block elements. The property is inherited by all block-level objects inside a div object. This parameter receives null if the attribute is not set.

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

Examples

The following examples use 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.

<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>

This example uses inline scripting to change the alignment of the text when an onmouseover event occurs.

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) .

Applies To

Platform Version

Win16:
Win32:
Windows CE:
Unix:
Mac:

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

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