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CSS

James Barrett
James Barrett
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Posted by James Barrett
James Barrett
13,253 Points

Why does the second column naturally align to the bottom?

I understand that using the CSS property vertical-align: top ensures the div to align to the top. However why does it naturally align to the bottom in the first place?

Thanks, James.

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi! It's because the default initial value for vertical-align is baseline. Which puts it at the bottom. You can find the MDN documentation here:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/vertical-align

Happy coding! :sparkles: