Horizontal alignment
The align attribute
is also used to align an image on the left or right margin of the page
by using the values left or
right, respectively. What makes
left and right alignment special is that, in addition to placing the
image on a margin, it allows the text to wrap around it. This is
called floating the image. Figure
12-5 shows how images are displayed when set to align to the
left and right.
<p><img src="leaf.gif" alt=""align="left"/>An Oak and a Reed were arguing about their strength...</p> <p><img src="leaf.gif" alt=""align="right"/>An Oak and a Reed were arguing about their strength...</p>
The CSS float property is the
preferred method for positioning images (or any element) against the
right or left edges of the containing block and allowing the following
content to wrap around it. Chapter
21 discusses floating elements.
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