center tag (HTML 4.01)

centered text

Please be aware that this tag is deprecated within the HTML 4.01 specification! Look below for more details on an alternative.

Topics

List of attributes
List of events

The center tag will take a piece of text and align it to the middle of the page, like this:

Centered text

However, the center tag has been deprecated for quite a while now, and really should be avoided. W3 started out by recommending the usage of the div tag with the align property set to center, but since the align property of the div tag has been deprecated since that, it's no longer the optimal solution. Instead, you can use a div tag and the CSS property text-align, which will have the same effect.

Attributes

Attribute	Deprecated	Required	Description
class			space-separated list of classes
dir			direction for weak/neutral text
id			document-wide unique id
lang			language code
style			associated style info
title			advisory title

Events

Event	Description
onclick	a pointer button was clicked
ondblclick	a pointer button was double clicked
onkeydown	a key was pressed down
onkeypress	a key was pressed and released
onkeyup	a key was released
onmousedown	a pointer button was pressed down
onmousemove	a pointer was moved within
onmouseout	a pointer was moved away
onmouseover	a pointer was moved onto
onmouseup	a pointer button was released