CSS text-align Property

Last Updated : 09 Apr, 2024

The text-align property in CSS controls the horizontal alignment of inline content (such as text) and inline-block elements within their containing block-level element.

Syntax:

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

Default Value: left if the direction is ltr, and right if the direction is rtl

Property Value:

left: It is used to set the text alignment to the left. This is the default property.
right: It is used to set the text-alignment to right.
center: It is used to set the text alignment into the center.
justify: It is used to spread the words into the complete line i.e., by stretching the content of an element.
initial: It is used to set an element’s CSS property to its default value.
inherit: It is used to inherit a property to an element from its parent element property value.

Please refer to the CSS Align article for further details.

Example: This example illustrates the use of the text-align property, to align it to specified values.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>text-align property</title>
    <style>
    h1 {
        color: green;
    }
    
    .main {
        border: 1px solid black;
    }
    
    .gfg1 {
        text-align: left;
    }
    
    .gfg2 {
        text-align: right;
        ;
    }
    
    .gfg3 {
        text-align: center;
    }
    
    .gfg4 {
        text-align: justify;
    }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>text-align property</h2>
    <div class="main">
        <h3>text-align: left;</h3>
        <div class="gfg1"> 
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        as well as working professionals to 
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        from school level to the level needed 
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        </div>
    </div>
    <br>
    <div class="main">
        <h3 style="text-align: right;">text-align: right;</h3>
        <div class="gfg2"> 
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        as well as working professionals to 
        prepare for coding interviews. This 
        course is going to have coding questions 
        from school level to the level needed 
        for product based companies like Amazon, 
        Microsoft, Adobe, etc. 
        </div>
    </div>
    <br>
    <div class="main">
        <h3 style="text-align: center;">text-align: center;</h3>
        <div class="gfg3"> 
        The course is designed for students 
        as well as working professionals to 
        prepare for coding interviews. This 
        course is going to have coding questions 
        from school level to the level needed for 
        product based companies like Amazon, 
        Microsoft, Adobe, etc. 
        </div>
    </div>
    <br>
    <div class="main">
        <h3 style="text-align: justify;">text-align: justify;</h3>
        <div class="gfg4"> 
        The course is designed for students 
        as well as working professionals to 
        prepare for coding interviews. This 
        course is going to have coding questions 
        from school level to the level needed 
        for product based companies like Amazon, 
        Microsoft, Adobe, etc. 
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>