This page is Almost Ready

Notice: The WebPlatform project, supported by various stewards between 2012 and 2015, has been discontinued. This site is now available on github.

baseline-shift

Summary

The ‘baseline-shift’ property allows repositioning of the dominant-baseline( a baseline-table and a baseline-table font-size which are those of the nearest block-level ancestor element and are applied to its root inline box.) relative to the dominant-baseline.

Applies to ?
Name: baseline-shift Value: baseline

Notes

Remarks

The baseline-shift property allows repositioning of the dominant baseline relative to the dominant baseline of the parent text content element. The shifted object might be a subscript or superscript. Within the shifted object, the whole baseline table is offset; not just a single baseline. The amount of the shift is determined by one of the following:

  • the parent text content element
  • the subscript or superscript offset from the nominal font of the parent text content element
  • the percent of the line-height of the parent text content element
  • an absolute value.

Syntax

baseline-shift: baseline | sub | super | percentage | length

Standards information

Related specifications

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1
W3C Recommendation

See also

Related articles

CSS Layout

CSS Attributes

Related pages

Attributions