The DOM style textAlign property returns and modify the horizontal alignment of text in a block level element in an HTML document.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Returning textAlign
object.style.textAlign
2. Modifying textAlign
object.style.textAlign = “value”
Example
Let us see an example of style textAlign property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body {
color: #000;
background: lightblue;
height: 100vh;
}
p {
border: 2px solid #fff;
margin: 1.5rem auto;
}
.btn {
background: #db133a;
border: none;
height: 2rem;
border-radius: 2px;
width: 40%;
display: block;
color: #fff;
outline: none;
cursor: pointer;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>DOM Style textAlign Property Example</h1>
<p>This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text. This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text. This is paragraph 1 with some dummy text.</p>
<button onclick="add()" class="btn">Set textAlign</button>
<script>
function add() {
document.querySelector('p').style.textAlign = "center";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
Click on “Set textAlign” button to align the text inside the paragraph element.
