HTML align attribute

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:38 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

align

The purpose of the HTML align attribute is to specify the alignment of data and the justification of text in a cell of a table.

Supported elements

HTML align attribute supports col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr elements.

Usage of align attribute for any other HTML elements is deprecated. You must use CSS for those.

Syntax

<ElementName align="value" >.....</ElementName>

Where ElementName is any supported element.

Type of value

Type of value of HTML align attribute is predefined.

Values

Name	Description
left	Left align data, left justify text.
center	Center align data, center justify text.
right	Right align data, right justify text.
justify	Double justify text.
char	If used, text is aligned around a specific character.

Default value

The default value of HTML align attribute is left.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of HTML align attribute with col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML align attribute with col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr </title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1">
<colgroup>
<col><col align="char" char=".">
<thead>
<tr><th>Student Code</th><th>% of marks</th></tr>
<tbody>
<tr><td>S001</td><td>86.79</td></tr>
<tr><td>S002</td><td>78.98</td></tr>
<tr><td>S003</td><td>83.59</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of HTML align attribute with col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr.

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