- From: Peter Foti (PeterF) <PeterF@SystolicNetworks.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:26:30 -0400
- To: "'www-style@w3.org'" <www-style@w3.org>
> > This raises a new question. Wouldn't "text-align" be more
> appropriately
> > called "horizontal-align"? I mean, you might have non-text
> items within
> > the element that you are applying the alignment to.
>
> Because text-align only aligns inline content.
No, text-align applies only to block level content. vertical-align only
applies to inline.
For example, using this style sheet:
<style type="text/css">
.example1
{
text-align: center;
}
</style>
with this code:
<div class="example1">
<div>Text 1</div>
<div>More text</div>
</div>
Should result in both lines being centered.
> It does not align block
> children. So something like:
>
> <div style="text-align: center">
> <div style="width: 50%">Text</div>
> </div>
>
> Would center "Text" within the inner div (by inheritance) but
> not center
> the inner div within the outer one (because a div is block content).
>
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Received on Wednesday, 24 October 2001 14:27:41 UTC