Utility Classes
Foundation includes a handful of helpful utility classes to add certain behaviors to your elements.
Float Classes
You can change the float behavior of an element by adding .left
or .right
to an HTML element. To clear floats, add the class .clearfix
to the parent element.
HTML
<div class="panel clearfix">
<a class="button right">Float Right</a>
<a class="button left">Float Left</a>
</div>
Text Align Classes
You can change the text alignment of an element by adding .text-left
, .text-right
, .text-center
or .text-justify
to an element.
HTML
<p class="text-left"><!-- text goes here --></p>
<p class="text-right"><!-- text goes here --></p>
<p class="text-center"><!-- text goes here --></p>
<p class="text-justify"><!-- text goes here --></p>
Rendered HTML
This text is left aligned. Set in the year 0 F.E. ("Foundation Era"), The Psychohistorians opens on Trantor, the capital of the 12,000-year-old Galactic Empire. Though the empire appears stable and powerful, it is slowly decaying in ways that parallel the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
This text is right aligned. Set in the year 0 F.E. ("Foundation Era"), The Psychohistorians opens on Trantor, the capital of the 12,000-year-old Galactic Empire. Though the empire appears stable and powerful, it is slowly decaying in ways that parallel the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
This text is center aligned. Set in the year 0 F.E. ("Foundation Era"), The Psychohistorians opens on Trantor, the capital of the 12,000-year-old Galactic Empire. Though the empire appears stable and powerful, it is slowly decaying in ways that parallel the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
This text is justified. Set in the year 0 F.E. ("Foundation Era"), The Psychohistorians opens on Trantor, the capital of the 12,000-year-old Galactic Empire. Though the empire appears stable and powerful, it is slowly decaying in ways that parallel the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
Hide an Element
You can add the class.hide
to an element to hide it. This will add the property display: none
to the element.
<div class="hide"></div>