HTML <center> tag

The <center> tag is used to define center-align text. It is no longer supported in HTML5.

Type: Inline Element

Syntax of <center> tag

<center> Center-align text </center>

Supported Browsers

Tag	Chrome	Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Opera Mini
<center>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Full code example

Since the <center> element is not supported in HTML5, the document needs to write in HTML 4.01 Transitional standard..

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<p> <center> Center-align text. </center> </p>
</body>
</html>

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Output on the browser

Center-align text.

More reference

The function of <center> tag is replaced by the CSS text-align property. Example:

text-align: left|right|center|justify|initial|inherit;

text-align value

Value	Note
left	It makes the text left alignment.
right	It makes the text right alignment.
right	It makes the text center alignment.
right	It preserves text both right and left alignment by stretching all the lines at the max distance equally.
right	It sets the text-alignment to default value (for <caption> element, texts are center-align.)
inherit	It inherits from the parent value.