CSS - vertical-align



The vertical-align property determines the vertical alignment of inline, inline-block or a table cell text.

Possible Values

  • baseline: Baseline of the element is aligned with the baseline of the parent element.

  • sub: Baseline of the element is lowered to the point appropriate for subscripted text.

  • super: Baseline of the element is raised to the point appropriate for superscripted text.

  • top: Top of the element's box is aligned with the top of the line box, in the context of inline content, or with the top of the table cell in the context of tables.

  • text-top: Top of the element's box is aligned with the top of the highest inline box in the line.

  • middle: Baseline of the element is aligned with the point defined by the baseline of the parent element plus half the x-height of the parent element's font, in the context of inline content.

  • bottom: Bottom of the element's box is aligned with the bottom of the line box, in the context of inline content, or with the bottom of the table cell in the context of tables.

  • text-bottom: Bottom of the element's box is aligned with the bottom of the lowest inline box in the line.

  • percentage: Baseline of the element is raised or lowered by the given percentage of the value for the property line-height.

  • length: Baseline of the element is raised or lowered by the given length value. Negative length values are permitted for this property. A length value of 0 for this property has the same effect as the value baseline.

Applies to

inline-level and table elements.

DOM Syntax

object.style.verticalAlign = "baseline";

CSS vertical-align - text-bottom Value

Here is an example

<html>
<head>
<style>
   table,td {height:100px; width:400px; border:1px solid red;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <table>
      <tr>
         <td style = "vertical-align:text-bottom;">
            <p>This will be aligned to text-bottom of the cell.</p>
         </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style = "vertical-align:top;">
            <p>This will be aligned to top of the cell.</p>
         </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style = "vertical-align:text-top;">
            <p>This will be aligned to text-top of the cell.</p>
         </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style = "vertical-align:baseline;">
            <p>This will be aligned to baseline of the cell.</p>
         </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style = "vertical-align:bottom;">
            <p>This will be aligned to bottom of the cell.</p>
         </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style = "vertical-align:middle;">
            <p>This will be aligned to middle of the cell.</p>
         </td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html> 
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