The CSS text-align Attribute

This attribute assignment bears the form text-align:value where value is one of left, center, right or justify. left is the default value. The attribute setting is ignored by inline elements. Use this attribute to control the horizontal alignment of text within an element.

This is an inherited property - i.e. in a child element, if not assigned, it takes the corresponding value from the containing parent.

This attribute can also be assigned the setting inherit which causes it to pick up its value from the parent element.