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kj2
5,933 PointsText positioning
this might seem like a a silly question, but im trying to learn.
I would like my text to look like this
text text text text
text text text text
text text text text
text text text text
whats the best practice to do this?
1 Answer
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James Barnett
39,199 PointsThe easiest way to do this is to use 2 divs nested inside of each other, then use width and margin to get the alignment.
<div class="container">
<div class="text">text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text</div>
</div>
.container { width: 300px; }
.text {
width: 175px;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: 0;
text-align: right;
}
I made you a quick demo: http://codepen.io/jamesbarnett/pen/ljDJF
kj2
5,933 Pointskj2
5,933 PointsThanks James