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text-align-last

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The text-align-last CSS property describes how the last line of a block or a line, right before a forced line break, is aligned.

Initial value auto
Applies to block containers
Inherited yes
Media visual
Computed value as specified
Animation type discrete
Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
text-align-last: auto;
text-align-last: start;
text-align-last: end;
text-align-last: left;
text-align-last: right;
text-align-last: center;
text-align-last: justify;

/* Global values */
text-align-last: inherit;
text-align-last: initial;
text-align-last: unset;

Values

auto
The affected line is aligned per the value of text-align, unless text-align is justify, in which case the effect is the same as setting text-align-last to left.
start
The same as left if direction is left-to-right and right if direction is right-to-left.
end
The same as right if direction is left-to-right and left if direction is right-to-left.
left
The inline contents are aligned to the left edge of the line box.
right
The inline contents are aligned to the right edge of the line box.
center
The inline contents are centered within the line box.
justify
The text is justified. Text should line up their left and right edges to the left and right content edges of the paragraph.

Formal syntax

auto | start | end | left | right | center | justify

Examples

div {
  text-align: justify;
  -moz-text-align-last: center;
  text-align-last: center;
}

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
CSS Text Level 3
The definition of 'text-align-last' in that specification.		 Working Draft Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 35[1]
47		 (Yes) 12.0 (12.0)-moz
49.0 (49.0)[2] 		5.5[3] No support No support[4]
Feature Android Edge Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support No support[1] (Yes) 12.0 (12.0)-moz
49.0 (49.0)[2] 		6.0[3] No support No support[1]

[1] Enabled through the "Enable Experimental Web Platform Features" flag in chrome://flags.

[2] In Gecko 53 (Firefox 53.0 / Thunderbird 53.0 / SeaMonkey 2.50) the -moz prefixed version of the property got removed.

[3] In Internet Explorer, the start and end values are not supported.

[4] See WebKit bug 76173.

See also

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