html - Vertically align text next to an image?

Question

Why won't vertical-align: middle work? And yet, vertical-align: top does work.

span{
  vertical-align: middle;
}

<div>
  <img src="https://via.placeholder.com/30" alt="small img" />
  <span>Doesn't work.</span>
</div>

Answer 1

Actually, in this case it's quite simple: apply the vertical align to the image. Since it's all in one line, it's really the image you want aligned, not the text.

<!-- moved "vertical-align:middle" style from span to img -->
<div>
  <img style="vertical-align:middle" src="https://via.placeholder.com/60x60">
  <span style="">Works.</span>
</div>