[UPHPU] vertical centering values inconsistant

[Mac Newbold]

Today at 11:57am, Wade Preston Shearer said:

>Anyone know why "center" is used to center something vertically when
>using 'background-position' and "middle" is used when using
>'vertical-align'?
>
>I am curious is there was some logic behind the inconsistency that I am
>missing.
>
>This isn't a big issue. I am just curious.

My best guess: The "inconsistency" was intentional to avoid ambiguity.

Horziontal align: 	left	center 	right
Vertical align:		top	middle	bottom

If they used center for both, it could create confusion, and it only takes
a one-letter typo to do a completely wrong thing ("align"<=>"valign").

Just my opinion... don't know the real reason for sure.

Mac

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