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HTMLParagraphElement

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The HTMLParagraphElement interface provides special properties (beyond those of the regular HTMLElement object interface it inherits) for manipulating <p> elements.

EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLParagraphElement

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLParagraphElement.align Deprecated

A string representing an enumerated property indicating alignment of the element's contents with respect to the surrounding context. The possible values are "left", "right", "justify", and "center".

Instance methods

No specific methods, inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
HTMLParagraphElement 1 12 1 ≤12.1 3 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0 4.4 1
align 1 12 1 ≤12.1 3 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0 4.4 1

See also

  • The HTML element implementing this interface: <p>.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLParagraphElement