DIVs won't accept vertical-align?

[The Ace]

Why when I want to make a DIV's text to be v-aligned in the middle\bottom of the div when I have a specific height for the DIV, the text stays stuck at the top of the DIV?

currently i'm using padding-top\bottom to create a virtual v-align: middle; for the DIVs, but I'm sure that I'm missing something here...

Thanks again

[CrAzY_J]

This is not HTML, meaning no abrreviations.


vertical-align:middle;

[Kravvitz]

Read this. (http://www.dynamicsitesolutions.com/css/vertically_centering_with_line-height/)

[ronaldb66]

vertical-align only applies to inline elements and content, and table cells, so not block level elements like divs.