[FIXED] Why is vertical-align:text-top; not working in CSS

Issue

I want to align some text to the top of a div. It seems that vertical-align: text-top; should do the trick, but it doesn't work. The other things that I have done, such as putting the divs into columns and displaying a dashed border (so I can see where the top of the div is) all work fine.

#header_p { 
    font-family: Arial;
    font-size: 32px;
    font-weight: bold;
}
#header_selecttxt {
    font-family: Arial;
    font-size: 12px;
    font-weight: bold;
    vertical-align: text-top;
}
#header_div_left { 
    float: left; 
    width: 50%;
    border: dashed;
    vertical-align: top;
}
#header_div_right { 
    margin-left: 50%;
    width: 50%;
    border: dashed;
}

Solution

The vertical-align attribute is for inline elements only. It will have no effect on block level elements, like a div. Also text-top only moves the text to the top of the current font size. If you would like to vertically align an inline element to the top just use this.

vertical-align: top;

The paragraph tag is not outdated. Also, the vertical-align attribute applied to a span element may not display as intended in some mozilla browsers.

Answered By - vanstee

Answer Checked By - Marilyn (PHPFixing Volunteer)