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# Align
The `align` style aligns children within a container.
Not to be confused with [`content-align`](../content_align).
## Syntax
--8<-- "docs/snippets/syntax_block_start.md"
align: <a href="../../css_types/horizontal">&lt;horizontal&gt;</a> <a href="../../css_types/vertical">&lt;vertical&gt;</a>;
align-horizontal: <a href="../../css_types/horizontal">&lt;horizontal&gt;</a>;
align-vertical: <a href="../../css_types/vertical">&lt;vertical&gt;</a>;
--8<-- "docs/snippets/syntax_block_end.md"
The style `align` takes a [`<horizontal>`](../../css_types/horizontal) followed by a [`<vertical>`](../../css_types/vertical).
You can specify the alignment of children on both the horizontal and vertical axes at the same time,
or on each of the axis separately.
To specify alignment on a single axis, use the respective style and type:
- `align-horizontal` takes a [`<horizontal>`](../../css_types/horizontal) and does alignment along the horizontal axis; and
- `align-vertical` takes a [`<vertical>`](../../css_types/vertical) and does alignment along the vertical axis.
## Examples
This example contains a simple app with two labels centered on the screen with `align: center middle;`:
=== "align.py"
```python
--8<-- "docs/examples/styles/align.py"
```
=== "align.css"
```sass hl_lines="2"
--8<-- "docs/examples/styles/align.css"
```
=== "Output"
```{.textual path="docs/examples/styles/align.py"}
```
The next example shows a 3 by 3 grid of containers with text labels.
Each label has been aligned differently inside its container, and its text shows its `align: ...` value.
=== "align_all.py"
```python
--8<-- "docs/examples/styles/align_all.py"
```
=== "align_all.css"
```sass
--8<-- "docs/examples/styles/align_all.css"
```
=== "Output"
```{.textual path="docs/examples/styles/align_all.py"}
```
## CSS
```sass
/* Align child widgets to the center. */
align: center middle;
/* Align child widget to the top right */
align: right top;
/* Change the horizontal alignment of the children of a widget */
align-horizontal: right;
/* Change the vertical alignment of the children of a widget */
align-vertical: middle;
```
## Python
```python
# Align child widgets to the center
widget.styles.align = ("center", "middle")
# Align child widgets to the top right
widget.styles.align = ("right", "top")
# Change the horizontal alignment of the children of a widget
widget.styles.align_horizontal = "right"
# Change the vertical alignment of the children of a widget
widget.styles.align_vertical = "middle"
```