Vertical-align Definition & Usage

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The vertical-align property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: The value “inherit” is not supported in IE7 and earlier. IE8 requires a !DOCTYPE. IE9 supports “inherit”.


Property Values

Value Description
length Raises or lower an element by the specified length.

Negative values are allowed

% Raises or lower an element in a percent of the “line-height”

property. Negative values are allowed

baseline Align the baseline of the element with the baseline of the parent element.

This is default

sub Aligns the element as it was subscript
super Aligns the element as it was superscript
top The top of the element is aligned with the top of the

tallest element on the line

text-top The top of the element is aligned with the top of

the parent element’s font

middle The element is placed in the middle of the parent element
bottom The bottom of the element is aligned with the

lowest element on the line

text-bottom The bottom of the element is aligned with the

bottom of the parent element’s font

inherit Specifies that the value of the vertical-align property

should be inherited from the parent element

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