Typography

Tailwind CSS text-right Class

The text-right utility class generates the following CSS when applied to an element.

CSS Output

CSS
.text-right {
  text-align: right;
}

Variants

Use these variant prefixes to apply text-right conditionally:

responsive:text-righthover:text-rightfocus:text-right

Use It

HTML
<div class="text-right">
  <span class="text-2xl font-bold">$49.99</span>
</div>

Understanding text-right

The Tailwind CSS text-right utility applies text-align: right; to an element when added to its class attribute. It aligns text to the right edge of the element. Used for prices, dates, numeric columns, and right-aligned actions.

This utility is part of Tailwind's Typography module, designed for styling text with appropriate sizes, weights, spacing, alignment, and decorations. In Tailwind's utility-first workflow, you add text-right directly to your HTML elements rather than writing custom CSS. This approach accelerates development and keeps styles co-located with your markup, making it easy to see exactly how each element is styled at a glance.

Common responsive variants include sm:text-right, md:text-right, lg:text-right, and xl:text-right, allowing different behavior at each breakpoint. State variants like hover:text-right and focus:text-right enable interactive styling without any JavaScript. You can also combine multiple variants for fine-grained control over when the utility applies.

This class works well alongside `text-left`, `text-center`, `text-justify` to build complete, production-ready interfaces. Tailwind's tree-shaking ensures only utilities you actually use appear in your final CSS bundle, keeping file sizes minimal. Browser support for the underlying CSS is excellent across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge.

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