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C19: Specifying alignment either to the left OR right in CSS

Applicability

All technologies that support CSS

This technique relates to:

Description

This technique describes how to align blocks of text either left or right by setting the CSS text-align property.

Examples

Example 1

In the following example, text is aligned left. In the style sheet, define the class:

p.left {text-align: left}

In the content call the up the class.

<p class="left"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit …</p>

Example 2

In the following example, text is aligned right.

p.right {text-align: right}

In the content call the up the class.

<p class="right"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit …</p>

Tests

Procedure

  1. Check that the text is aligned either left or right.

Expected Results