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CSS3 text-justify Property
Example
Justification changes spacing between words:
div
{
text-align:justify;
text-justify:inter-word;
}
{
text-align:justify;
text-justify:inter-word;
}
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Browser Support
The text-justify property is currently supported only in Internet Explorer.
Definition and Usage
The text-justify property specifies the justification method to use when text-align is set to "justify".
This property specifies how justified text should be aligned and spaced.
| Default value: | auto |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | yes |
| Version: | CSS3 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.textJustify="inter-word" |
Syntax
text-justify: auto|inter-word|inter-ideograph|inter-cluster|distribute|kashida|trim;
| Value | Description | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| auto | The browser determines the justification algorithm | Play it » |
| inter-word | Increases/Decreases the space between words | Play it » |
| inter-ideograph | Justifies content with ideographic text | Play it » |
| inter-cluster | Only content that does not contain any inter-word spacing (such as Asian languages) is justified | Play it » |
| distribute | Like the newspaper value, except that in East Asian languages (such as Thai) the last line is not justified | Play it » |
| kashida | Justifies content by elongating characters | Play it » |
| trim | Play it » | |
| none | The justification is disabled | Play it » |
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