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brandonlind2
brandonlind2
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Posted by brandonlind2
brandonlind2
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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.

2 Answers

Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
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Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points

You're positioning what's in the footer, which consists of text usually. So if you have, let's say a "p" tag inside the footer, you'd be using the text-align on the p tag within the footer.

brandonlind2
brandonlind2
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brandonlind2
brandonlind2
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What if its a facebook icon?

Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
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Bryce Santos
Bryce Santos
11,157 Points

Yep, you'd still use text-align. Think of it as microsoft word, and it's just justifying left, center, and right. This includes text and images.