By Alec Wystan | Created on 2025-11-12 15:36:58
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The age-old question that has plagued web developers for centuries. Or at least, it seems like an eternity since I first encountered this issue.
According to the great minds of the Tek-Tips community (yes, I'm a fan), text-align:justify is working just fine, but not in the way you expect it to. When you tell the browser to display a block of text justified, it pads out complete lines with extra whitespace to fill the complete width of the block.
But what about those pesky single-line paragraphs? The ones that are stuck on their own little island, refusing to join the justified party? Well, my friends, those are the ones that will look a bit... odd. Like this:
This is an example of some text that has been displayed in a justified style. If you apply the justified approach to the last line of the text it looks really odd!
So, if you're one of those brave souls who still uses text-align:justify on your web pages (I'm not judging), just remember that it's working, but it might not work in the way you expect. And if you're feeling particularly adventurous, try using CSS to define a width for your divs and see if that makes a difference.
And there you have it, folks! The mystery of text-align:justify has been solved (kind of). Now go forth and justify those paragraphs like the pros do!
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