HTML Text Align with text-align CSS Property

HTML use the CSS text-align property in order to align different contents like div, label, etc. The alignment is done for the content inside the specified item in which the text-align property is used.

HTML Text Align with text-align CSS Property

text-align Syntax

The text-align has the following simple syntax.

style="text-align:ALIGN"
  • ALIGN is the alignment side like left , rigth , center justify , initial and inherit .

Align Text To Center

The text-align:center can be used to center align text in an element.

<h1 style="text-align:center;">Centered Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:center;">Centered Paragraph.</p>

Align Text To Right

The text-align:right can be used to right-align text in an element.

<h1 style="text-align:right;">Right Aligned Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:right;">Right Aligned Paragraph.</p>

Align Text To Left

The default text alignment for text in HTML is left. But the alignment can be changed globally and we may need to set the alignment as left again. The text-align:left can be used to right-align text in an element.

<h1 style="text-align:left;">Left Aligned Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:left;">Left Aligned Paragraph.</p>

Align Text As Justified

The text can be justified and lines are stretched where each line has equal width.

<h1 style="text-align:justify;">Justified Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Justified Paragraph.</p>

Align Text According To Parent

The text alignment configuration can be inherited from a parent by using text-align:inherit .

<h1 style="text-align:inherited;">Heading</h1>
<p style="text-align:inherited;">Paragraph.</p>

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