Sets or retrieves how the object is aligned with adjacent text.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT ALIGN = sAlign... >
Scripting	object.align [ = sAlign ]

Possible Values

sAlign

String that specifies or receives one of the following values: absbottom Aligns the bottom of the object with the absolute bottom of the surrounding text. The absolute bottom is equal to the baseline of the text minus the height of the largest descender in the text. absmiddle Aligns the middle of the object with the middle of the surrounding text. The absolute middle is the midpoint between the absolute bottom and text top of the surrounding text. baseline Aligns the bottom of the object with the baseline of the surrounding text. bottom Aligns the bottom of the object with the bottom of the surrounding text. The bottom is equal to the baseline minus the standard height of a descender in the text. left Default. Aligns the object to the left of the surrounding text. All preceding and subsequent text flows to the right of the object. middle Aligns the middle of the object with the surrounding text. right Aligns the object to the right of the surrounding text. All subsequent text flows to the left of the object. texttop Aligns the top of the object with the absolute top of the surrounding text. The absolute top is the baseline plus the height of the largest ascender in the text. top Aligns the top of the object with the top of the text. The top of the text is the baseline plus the standard height of an ascender in the text.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of left.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

This attribute applies only to the input type=image. It is undefined for all other input types.

Standards Information

This property is deprecated in HTML  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

	APPLET, EMBED, FIELDSET, IMG, INPUT, INPUT type=image, OBJECT, SELECT