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CSS

Posted by brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points

Why is text-align center used to center a footer?

Why is text-align: center used to center a footer when a footer isnt text, but a block element? logically shouldn't (text-align) align well, text. If I look up the text align it says its used to center texts, so I'm a bit confused.

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Remember, block elements go the entire width of the page. So the text-align property will put the Hello on the right side of that block. It's not the footer that's being aligned. It's the text inside.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      footer {
        text-align: right;
     } 
    </style>
  </head>

  <body>
    <footer>Hello</footer>
  </body>
</html>