CSS Table Alignment

CSS provides various properties to control the alignment of tables and their elements. The key properties related to table alignment include:

Horizontal Alignment

The text-align property sets the horizontal alignment (like left, right, or center) of the content in <th> or <td>.

By default, the content of <th> elements are center-aligned and the content of <td> elements are left-aligned.

To center-align the content of <td> elements as well, use text-align: center:

td {
  text-align: center;
}

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To left-align the content, force the alignment of <th> elements to be left-aligned, with the text-align: left property:

td {
  text-align:  left;
}

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The vertical-align property sets the vertical alignment (like top, bottom, or middle) of the content in <th> or <th>.

By default, the vertical alignment of the content in a table is middle (for both <th> and <td> elements).

The following example sets the vertical text alignment to bottom for <td> elements:

td {
  height: 50px;
  vertical-align: bottom;
}

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