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title: Div Align Attribute
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## Div Align Attribute
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The `<div align="">` attribute is used for aligning the text in a div tag to the left, right, center or justify.
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For instance:
```html
< html >
< head >
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< title > Div Align Attribute < / title >
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< / head >
< body >
< div align = "left" >
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
< / div >
< div align = "right" >
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
< / div >
< div align = "center" >
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
< / div >
< div align = "justify" >
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
< / div >
< / body >
< / html >
```
## Important!
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This attribute is no longer supported in html5. CSS is the way to go.
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The `<div align="">` attribute can be used to horizontally align the contents within a div. In the below example, the text will be centered within the div.
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```html
< div align = "center" >
This Text Will Be Centered
< / div >
```
**This attribute is not supported in HTML5 and [CSS Text Align ](https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/guides/blob/f50b7370be514b2a03ee707cd0f0febe2bb713ae/src/pages/css/text-align/index.md ) should be used instead
