text-justify | NN n/a IE 5 CSS n/a |
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Controls detailed character distribution techniques for any
block-level element that has its text-align CSS
attribute set to justify. This attribute is
designed primarily for Asian or other non-Latin languages.
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CSS Syntax |
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text-justify: justificationType
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Value |
One of the constants shown in the following table.
Value | Meaning |
auto | Lets browser choose best type |
distribute | Similar to newspaper but optimized for Asian
languages
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distribute-all-lines | Justifies lines, including the last line, leading to potentially very
wide word spacing
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distribute-center-last | Justifies lines but centers the last line (not implemented) |
inter-cluster | Justifies lines lacking word spacing |
inter-ideograph | Justifies lines consisting of ideographs |
inter-word | Justifies lines by distributing padded space between words (common
for Latin languages)
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kashida | Justify Arabic script through elongated strokes (IE 5.5 or later
required)
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newspaper | Justify lines by distributing padded space between words and between
characters
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Initial Value |
0
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Example |
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div#col1 {text-align:justify; text-justify:newspaper}
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Applies To |
Block-level elements.
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Object Model Reference |
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[window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.textJustify
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