align (HTML attribute)
| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| Yes | N/A |
Example
The align for
this embed is set to
"right":
<embed src="flash-test.swf" align="left"></embed>
Description
The align
attribute is used to specify how the embed content (as defined by
the src attribute)
sits on the page in relation to surrounding text and other elements. It is
a fairly rudimentary attribute - and a very presentational one - that
allows you to move an object to the right or left, with text wrapping
around accordingly (although with no surrounding white space, which
generally results in quite an ugly result, possibly alleviated through the
hspace attribute or
with some CSS). You can also change the way that adjacent text aligns with
the object such that the first line of the text aligns with the top,
middle or bottom of the object.
The example markup shown with a
left-aligned embed would appear as shown in Figure 1.
Aside from aligning "left" or
"right", the align attribute is
not very flexible when applied to an embed.
If an
embed is aligned "left" or
"right", text will continue to wrap around it until
either:
Value
"absbottom",
"absmiddle", "baseline",
"left", "middle",
"right", "texttop" and
"top" only (browser default is
"left").
Compatibility
This attribute is now deprecated, and is highly presentational in its nature. The desired visual effects can all be achieved with CSS and, as such, this attribute shouldn’t be used—it’s presented here for informational purposes only.
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