Sets or retrieves the vertical alignment of the object.
Syntax
HTML |
{ vertical-align : sAlign }
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Scripting | [ sAlign = ] object.style.verticalAlign |
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Possible Values
sAlign | String that
specifies or receives one of the following values.auto | Aligns the contents of an object according to the value of the layout-flow attribute. | baseline | Default. Aligns the contents of an object supporting VALIGN to the base line. | sub | Vertically aligns the text to subscript. | super | Vertically aligns the text to superscript. | top | Vertically aligns the contents of an object supporting VALIGN to the top of the object. | middle | Vertically aligns the contents of an object supporting VALIGN to the middle of the object. | bottom | Vertically aligns the contents of an object supporting VALIGN to the bottom of the object. | text-top | Vertically aligns the text of an object supporting VALIGN to the top of the object. | text-bottom | Vertically aligns the text of an object supporting VALIGN to the bottom of the object. |
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The property is read/write
for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only:
currentStyle.
The property has a default value of
baseline
for all objects with the
exception of
currentStyle which has a default value of auto
. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is
not inherited.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
The sub
and super
values are supported on text. The auto
value is supported on the currentStyle object. The other values are supported on objects that support VALIGN.
The auto
value is identical to the baseline
value when the layout-flow is horizontal
. When the layout-flow is vertical-ideographic
, the auto
value is identical to the middle
value.
Example
This example uses the verticalAlign property to align text within a table cell.
<TABLE BORDER width=100>
<TR>
<TD
>
text to align</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
This feature requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.
Standards Information
This property is defined in
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 1 (CSS1) .
Applies To
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COL,
currentStyle,
CUSTOM,
defaults,
IMG,
runtimeStyle,
SPAN,
style,
TBODY,
TD,
TFOOT,
TH,
THEAD,
TR |
See Also
vAlign