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CSS: “vertical-align”: “none” is not a “vertical-align” value.

About This HTML Issue

The value none is not a valid value for the vertical-align CSS property.

The vertical-align property in CSS is used to specify the vertical alignment of an inline or table-cell element. This property affects the alignment of elements that are placed next to each other in a line. Valid values for vertical-align include keywords like baseline, sub, super, text-top, text-bottom, middle, top, bottom, as well as length values (such as px, em) and percentage values. The value none is not recognized as a valid option for vertical-align, which is why the validator reports an issue.

Below are examples using valid values for the vertical-align property:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title>Valid Vertical Align</title>
    <style>
      .aligned-text {
        vertical-align: middle;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <table>
      <tr>
        <td style="vertical-align: top;">Top</td>
        <td class="aligned-text">Middle</td>
        <td style="vertical-align: bottom;">Bottom</td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </body>
</html>

In the above example, each table cell is using a valid vertical-align value (top, middle, and bottom) to control vertical alignment. If you replace vertical-align: none; with one of these values according to your design requirements, your code will validate correctly.

Learn more:

→ vertical-align - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN

Last reviewed: April 04, 2025

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Detailed Explanation

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HTML Examples

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HTML Examples

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Incorrect HTML Example:

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Correct HTML Example:

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CSS
border

The border property in your CSS has too many values or uses incorrect values.

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Common mistakes:

Adding extra values, such as two widths or two colors.
Using an invalid border-style.
Misspelling keywords.

Correct syntax:

selector {
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border-style: e.g., solid, dashed, none
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