CSS Horizontal Alignment

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Definition:

CSS horizontal alignment is defined by text-align property with left, center, and right values. Read the text-alignment chapter for more details about horizontal text-align.

By default, the table header is defined in a center alignment and table data are defined in a left alignment.

Syntax:

text-align: left | center | Right;

Default Horizontal Alignment Source Code:

This is the default text-align property where the text-align property is not used. See the example below:

!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  width: 100%;
}

table, th, td {
  border: 1px dotted red;
  }

th, td {
  padding: 8px;
}

th {
  background-color: darkmagenta;
  color: white;
}

tr:nth-child(even){
   background-color: cornsilk
}

</style>
</head>
<body>

<h3>Example of CSS Table Default Horizontal Alignment</h3>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Roll No.</th>
    <th>First Name</th>
    <th>Last Name</th>
    <th>Hobby</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1.</td>
    <td>Harry</td>
    <td>Potter</td>
    <td>Acting</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>2.</td>
    <td>Brad</td>
    <td>Pitt</td>
    <td>Acting</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>3.</td>
    <td>David</td>
    <td>Warner</td>
    <td>Sports</td>
  </tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Left Horizontal Alignment Source Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  width: 100%;
}

table, th, td {
  border: 1px dotted red;
  }

th, td {
  padding: 8px;
  text-align: left;
}

th {
  background-color: darkmagenta;
  color: white;
}

tr:nth-child(even){
   background-color: cornsilk
}

</style>
</head>
<body>

<h3>Example of CSS Table Left Horizontal Alignment</h3>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Roll No.</th>
    <th>First Name</th>
    <th>Last Name</th>
    <th>Hobby</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1.</td>
    <td>Harry</td>
    <td>Potter</td>
    <td>Acting</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>2.</td>
    <td>Brad</td>
    <td>Pitt</td>
    <td>Acting</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>3.</td>
    <td>David</td>
    <td>Warner</td>
    <td>Sports</td>
  </tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Center Horizontal Alignment Source Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  width: 100%;
}

table, th, td {
  border: 1px dotted red;
  }

th, td {
  padding: 8px;
  text-align: center;
}

th {
  background-color: darkmagenta;
  color: white;
}

tr:nth-child(even){
   background-color: cornsilk
}

</style>
</head>
<body>

<h3>Example of CSS Table Center Horizontal Alignment</h3>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Roll No.</th>
    <th>First Name</th>
    <th>Last Name</th>
    <th>Hobby</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1.</td>
    <td>Harry</td>
    <td>Potter</td>
    <td>Acting</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>2.</td>
    <td>Brad</td>
    <td>Pitt</td>
    <td>Acting</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>3.</td>
    <td>David</td>
    <td>Warner</td>
    <td>Sports</td>
  </tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

Output:

Right Horizontal Alignment Source Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
  width: 100%;
}

table, th, td {
  border: 1px dotted red;
  }

th, td {
  padding: 8px;
  text-align: right;
}

th {
  background-color: darkmagenta;
  color: white;
}

tr:nth-child(even){
   background-color: cornsilk
}

</style>
</head>
<body>

<h3>Example of CSS Table Right Horizontal Alignment</h3>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Roll No.</th>
    <th>First Name</th>
    <th>Last Name</th>
    <th>Hobby</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>1.</td>
    <td>Harry</td>
    <td>Potter</td>
    <td>Acting</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>2.</td>
    <td>Brad</td>
    <td>Pitt</td>
    <td>Acting</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>3.</td>
    <td>David</td>
    <td>Warner</td>
    <td>Sports</td>
  </tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

Output:

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