VTTCue: align property

{{APIRef("WebVTT")}}

The align property of the {{domxref("VTTCue")}} interface represents the alignment of all of the lines of text in the text box.

Value

A string containing one of the following values:

• "start"
  • : Start alignment.
• "center"
  • : Center alignment.
• "end"
  • : End alignment.
• "left"
  • : Left alignment.
• "right"
  • : Right alignment.

Examples

In the following example a new {{domxref("VTTCue")}} is created, then the value of align is set to "start". The value is then printed to the console.

let video = document.querySelector("video");
let track = video.addTextTrack("captions", "Captions", "en");
track.mode = "showing";

let cue = new VTTCue(0, 0.9, "Hildy!");
cue.align = "start";
console.log(cue.align);

track.addCue(cue);

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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