CSS text-align-last Property

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CSS text-align-last Property

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

Example

HTML Online Editor
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> p:nth-child(3){ text-align-last: auto; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS text-align-last Property</h1> <h2>text-align-last: auto;</h2> <p>Joanne Rowling was born on 31st July 1965 at Yate General Hospital just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales.</p> </body> </html>

Syntax

Using CSS

element{ text-align-last: center; }

Using Javascript

object.style.textAlignLast="center";

Animatable

No, text-align-last property is not animatable. CSS Animatable Properties Reference.

Default Value

Default value for CSS text-align-last property is auto.

Property Value

The following table provides a list of values for CSS text-align-last property.

ValueExplanation
autoThe last line is justified and aligned left.
leftThe last line is justified and aligned left.
rightThe last line is justified and aligned right.
centerThe last line is justified and aligned center.
justifyThe text is justified. Text should line up their left and right edges to the left and right content edges of the paragraph.
startThe same as left if direction is left-to-right and right if direction is right-to-left.
endThe same as right if direction is left-to-right and left if direction is right-to-left.

Using JavaScript

In the following example, we will demonstrate how to change the CSS text-align-last property of an element using JavaScript.

Example

HTML Online Editor
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <body> <h1>CSS text-align-last Property</h1> <p>Joanne Rowling was born on 31st July 1965 at Yate General Hospital just outside Bristol, and grew up in Gloucestershire in England and in Chepstow, Gwent, in south-east Wales.</p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Click Me</button> <script> var x = document.getElementsByTagName("p")[0]; function myFunction(){ x.style.textAlignLast = "center"; } </script> </body> </html>

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