Comments on: CSS VERTICAL-ALIGN

By: Antony Askew

Antony Askew — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:43:55 +0000

Yes I agree this property is an epic failure since it only works for images and tables.

You can still use it on a Div tag though if you use the property “display:table-cell;” with it, Hope that helps others.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:06:44 +0000

i agree with the epic failure of this styling, but guys this isn’t the Official CSS3 website. don’t go blaming them for the poor design. sheesh.

By: Cristian

Cristian — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:09:51 +0000

+1 to the failure of this property. Like Jeffy said Shame on you!

By: Jeffy

Jeffy — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:03:40 +0000

Vertical positioning is the biggest black eye of css.
You guys sweep this like a garbage under a rug pretending all is peachy.
Well it is not!
Shame!

By: AndreVianna

AndreVianna — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:43:51 +0000

Juest correcting the above layout:

Mt proposal is:
] Label => Line1
] Line2
] Line3

Today it does:
] Line1
] Line2
] Label => Line3

By: AndreVianna

AndreVianna — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:41:47 +0000

I agree that this property fails most of the time but I think part of the solution lies in measuring the baseline from the top, not from the bottom. i.e. The the default baseline is the baseline of the first line from the top in a multiline element.
Example

Label => Line1
Line2
Line3

Today it does:

Line1
Line2
Label => Line3

By: dubrox

dubrox — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:46:12 +0000

+1 about the epic failure of this property.

By: Think of us webdesigners

Think of us webdesigners — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:14:30 +0000

This property is an epic failure.