Alignment
Centering, images, text, buttons, and menus in HTML emails made easy.
Foundation includes a handful of helpful alignment classes to add common positioning behaviors to elements.
Text Alignment
You can align text with the .text-x classes. These classes will apply to the large breakpoint as well as the small.
HTML
<style>.columns {border: 1px solid #333;}</style>
<container>
<row>
<columns>
<p class="text-left">Left (default)</p>
</columns>
<columns>
<p class="text-center">center</p>
</columns>
<columns>
<p class="text-right">right</p>
</columns>
</row>
</container><html>
<head>
<style>
.columns {
border: 1px solid #333;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table align="center" class="container">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns first">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<p class="text-left">Left (default)</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<p class="text-center">center</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<p class="text-right">right</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>DEMO
If you need to change text alignment only on the small breakpoint, you can use the .small-text-x classes.
HTML
<style>.columns {border: 1px solid #333;}</style>
<container>
<row>
<columns>
<p class="small-text-left">Left on small</p>
</columns>
<columns>
<p class="small-text-center">Center on small</p>
</columns>
<columns>
<p class="small-text-right">Right on small</p>
</columns>
</row>
</container><html>
<head>
<style>
.columns {
border: 1px solid #333;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table align="center" class="container">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns first">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<p class="small-text-left">Left on small</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<p class="small-text-center">Center on small</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<p class="small-text-right">Right on small</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>DEMO
You can combine these classes to override the behavior on the small breakpoint.
HTML
<style>.columns {border: 1px solid #333;}</style>
<container>
<row>
<columns>
<p class="text-center small-text-left">Center, small left</p>
</columns>
<columns>
<p class="text-right small-text-center">Right, small center</p>
</columns>
</row>
</container><html>
<head>
<style>
.columns {
border: 1px solid #333;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table align="center" class="container">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-6 columns first">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<p class="text-center small-text-left">Center, small left</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-6 columns last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<p class="text-right small-text-center">Right, small center</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>DEMO
Centering Images
Just wrap the <center> around an image you’ll be good to go. Inky will handle the magic behind the scenes! In the CSS version, you’ll add a .float-center class, align="center" attribute and wrap a <center> tag to make sure things are centered.
HTML
<container>
<row>
<columns>
<center>
<img src="https://placehold.it/200?text=center" alt="image of clever meme that made me chuckle">
</center>
</columns>
</row>
</container><html>
<head></head>
<body>
<table align="center" class="container">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-12 columns first last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<center>
<img src="https://placehold.it/200?text=center" alt="image of clever meme that made me chuckle" align="center" class="float-center">
</center>
</th>
<th class="expander"></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>DEMO
So to be clear: with Inky you only need to wrap an image in <center> tag to reliably center it.
In the CSS version, our centering recipe includes three ingredients:
.float-centerclass on the<img>elementalign="center"attribute on the<img>element- Wrap the
<img>with<center>tags (needed for Outlook 2007, 2010, and 2011)
Also, it's not really a float, but the .float-center class to an element to engage the automatic margin centering trick. Note that this will only work on elements with an absolute width, which means not a percentage or auto width.
If you need to center an image only on mobile clients, you can apply the .small-float-center class. A good use case would be centering an image smaller than the full column width on devices like an iPhone 5, iPhone 6, and Android 4.4.
HTML
<container>
<row>
<columns small="12" large="3" class="large-offset-1">
<img class="small-float-center" src="https://placehold.it/200?text=small-center" alt="please don't forget me">
</columns>
<columns small="12" large="8">
<h4 class="small-text-center">What is the deal?</h4>
<p class="small-text-center">Sweet beast sun bathe or chase mice rub face on everything or leave dead animals as gifts for mark territory play time.</p>
</columns>
</row>
</container><html>
<head></head>
<body>
<table align="center" class="container">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="large-offset-1 small-12 large-3 columns first">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<img class="small-float-center" src="https://placehold.it/200?text=small-center" alt="please don't forget me">
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-8 columns last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<h4 class="small-text-center">What is the deal?</h4>
<p class="small-text-center">Sweet beast sun bathe or chase mice rub face on everything or leave dead animals as gifts for mark territory play time.</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>DEMO
Aligning Images Left and Right
You can also align images to the left or the right.
HTML
<container>
<row>
<columns>
<img class="float-left" src="https://placehold.it/200?text=left" alt="">
<img class="float-center" src="https://placehold.it/200?text=center" alt="">
<img class="float-right" src="https://placehold.it/200?text=right" alt="">
</columns>
</row>
</container><html>
<head></head>
<body>
<table align="center" class="container">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-12 columns first last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<img class="float-left" src="https://placehold.it/200?text=left" alt>
<img class="float-center" src="https://placehold.it/200?text=center" alt>
<img class="float-right" src="https://placehold.it/200?text=right" alt>
</th>
<th class="expander"></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>DEMO
Centering a Button
Wrap the button with <center> tags to center it.
HTML
<container>
<row>
<columns>
<center>
<button href="#">Centered Button</button>
</center>
</columns>
</row>
</container><html>
<head></head>
<body>
<table align="center" class="container">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-12 columns first last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<center>
<table class="button float-center">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><a align="center" href="#">Centered Button</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</center>
</th>
<th class="expander"></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>DEMO
Centering Columns
Tables by nature take up as much space is available to them. Because of this, centering columns can be done by adding empty columns to left and right of the column to be centered.
HTML
<style>.columns {border: 1px solid #333;}</style>
<container>
<row>
<columns></columns>
<columns>Centering a column</columns>
<columns></columns>
</row>
<row>
<columns></columns>
<columns small="3">Centering a column</columns>
<columns></columns>
</row>
<row>
<columns></columns>
<columns small="7">Centering a column</columns>
<columns></columns>
</row>
</container><html>
<head>
<style>
.columns {
border: 1px solid #333;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table align="center" class="container">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns first">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Centering a column</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns first">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-3 large-3 columns">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Centering a column</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns first">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-7 large-7 columns">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Centering a column</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-4 columns last">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>DEMO
If you don't add a size attribute like small="x" then the columns will be equal width.
Centering a Menu
Centering the menu is a common practice. Wrapping the menu in <center> tags will achieve this.
HTML
<center>
<menu>
<item href="https://zurb.com">Item</item>
<item href="https://zurb.com">Item</item>
<item href="https://zurb.com">Item</item>
</menu>
</center><html>
<head></head>
<body>
<center>
<table align="center" class="menu float-center">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="menu-item float-center"><a href="https://zurb.com">Item</a></th>
<th class="menu-item float-center"><a href="https://zurb.com">Item</a></th>
<th class="menu-item float-center"><a href="https://zurb.com">Item</a></th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</center>
</body>
</html>DEMO
Vertical Alignment
You can vertically align your content within columns by using valign attribute. The available values are top, middle, and bottom.
HTML
<row>
<columns large="3" valign="top">
<img class="float-right" src="https://placehold.it/50" alt="">
</columns>
<columns large="3" valign="bottom">
<h4>Bottom</h4>
</columns>
<columns large="3" valign="middle">
<h4 style="margin-bottom: 0;" class="text-right">HEADLINE</h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0;" class="text-right subheader">SUBHEADLINE</p>
</columns>
<columns large="3" valign="middle">
<img class="small-float-center" src="https://placehold.it/250" alt="">
</columns>
</row><html>
<head></head>
<body>
<table class="row">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="small-12 large-3 columns first" valign="top">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<img class="float-right" src="https://placehold.it/50" alt>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-3 columns" valign="bottom">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<h4>Bottom</h4>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-3 columns" valign="middle">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<h4 style="margin-bottom: 0;" class="text-right">HEADLINE</h4>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0;" class="text-right subheader">SUBHEADLINE</p>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
<th class="small-12 large-3 columns last" valign="middle">
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>
<img class="small-float-center" src="https://placehold.it/250" alt>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</th>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>‍
</body>
</html>DEMO
