The vertical-align property

The vertical-align property sets the vertical alignment of an element.

Inherited: No

Example

img
{
vertical-align: bottom
}

Possible Values

Value	Description	NN	IE
baseline	The element is placed on the baseline of the parent element	4.0	4.0
sub	Aligns the element as it was subscript		4.0
super	Aligns the element as it was superscript		4.0
top	The top of the element is parallel with the tallest element on the line	4.0	4.0
text-top	The top of the element is parallel with the top of the parent element's font	4.0	4.0
middle	The element is placed in the middle of the parent element	4.0	4.0
bottom	The bottom of the element is parallel with the lowest element on the line	4.0	4.0
text-bottom	The bottom of the element is parallel with the bottom of the parent element's font	4.0	4.0
length
%	Aligns the element in a % value of the "line-height" property. Negative values are allowed

Browser Notes

Note in Netscape 4.0+:

This property only works with images

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