vertical-align

Examples

Aligning to baseline

Use the align-baseline utility to align the baseline of an element with the baseline of its parent:

<span class="inline-block align-baseline">The quick brown fox...</span>

Aligning to top

Use the align-top utility to align the top of an element and its descendants with the top of the entire line:

<span class="inline-block align-top">The quick brown fox...</span>

Aligning to middle

Use the align-middle utility to align the middle of an element with the baseline plus half the x-height of the parent:

<span class="inline-block align-middle">The quick brown fox...</span>

Aligning to bottom

Use the align-bottom utility to align the bottom of an element and its descendants with the bottom of the entire line:

<span class="inline-block align-bottom">The quick brown fox...</span>

Aligning to parent top

Use the align-text-top utility to align the top of an element with the top of the parent element's font:

<span class="inline-block align-text-top">The quick brown fox...</span>

Aligning to parent bottom

Use the align-text-bottom utility to align the bottom of an element with the bottom of the parent element's font:

<span class="inline-block align-text-bottom">The quick brown fox...</span>

Using a custom value

Use the align-[<value>] syntax to set the vertical alignment based on a completely custom value:

<span class="align-[4px] ...">  <!-- ... --></span>

For CSS variables, you can also use the align-(<custom-property>) syntax:

<span class="align-(--my-alignment) ...">  <!-- ... --></span>

This is just a shorthand for align-[var(<custom-property>)] that adds the var() function for you automatically.

Responsive design

Prefix a vertical-align utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<span class="align-middle md:align-top ...">  <!-- ... --></span>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.