The text-align-last CSS property sets how the last line of a block or a line, right before a forced line break, is aligned.

Try it

text-align-last: right;

text-align-last: center;

text-align-last: left;

<section id="default-example">
  <div>
    <p id="example-element">
      Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut
      aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
    </p>
  </div>
</section>

section {
  font-size: 1.5em;
}

#default-example > div {
  width: 250px;
}

#example-element {
  text-align: justify;
}

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
text-align-last: auto;
text-align-last: start;
text-align-last: end;
text-align-last: left;
text-align-last: right;
text-align-last: center;
text-align-last: justify;

/* Global values */
text-align-last: inherit;
text-align-last: initial;
text-align-last: revert;
text-align-last: revert-layer;
text-align-last: unset;

Values

auto

The affected line is aligned per the value of text-align, unless text-align is justify, in which case the effect is the same as setting text-align-last to start.

start

The same as left if direction is left-to-right and right if direction is right-to-left.

end

The same as right if direction is left-to-right and left if direction is right-to-left.

left

The inline contents are aligned to the left edge of the line box.

right

The inline contents are aligned to the right edge of the line box.

center

The inline contents are centered within the line box.

justify

The text is justified. Text should line up their left and right edges to the left and right content edges of the paragraph.

Formal definition

Formal syntax

text-align-last = 
  auto          |
  start         |
  end           |
  left          |
  right         |
  center        |
  justify       |
  match-parent  

Examples

Justifying the last line

CSS

p {
  font-size: 1.4em;
  text-align: justify;
  text-align-last: center;
}

Results

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• text-align