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How to Center the Text in the HTML Table Row

Earlier, it was possible to do this using the align attribute, however, it is deprecated in HTML5. Instead of using that attribute, use the CSS text-align property, or specify it through the inline style attributes.

In this snippet, we’ll show and explain examples with the text-align property and style attribute.

Create HTML

table> tr> td>Text td> td>Text td> tr> tr> td>Text td> td>Text td> tr> table>

Add CSS

table, table td < border: 1px solid #cccccc; > td < height: 80px; width: 160px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; >

Now, you can see the full example.

Example of centering the text in table row using the CSS text-align property:

html> html> head> style> table, table td < border: 1px solid #cccccc; > td < height: 80px; width: 160px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; > style> head> body> table> tr> td>Text td> td>Text td> tr> tr> td>Text td> td>Text td> tr> table> body> html>

Result

In our next example, we specify the text-align and vertical-align properties through the style inline attribute.

Example of centering the text in table row using the style attributes:

html> html> head> style> td < height: 80px; width: 160px; > style> head> body> table border="1"> tr> td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Text td> td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Text td> tr> tr> td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Text td> td style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">Text td> tr> table> body> html>

The style attribute overrides the styles set globally. It will override any style set in the tag or external style sheet.

Example of centering only elements:

html> html> head> style> table, table th, td < border: 1px solid #cccccc; border-collapse: collapse; > th, td < height: 80px; width: 160px; padding: 5px 10px; vertical-align: middle; > th < text-align: right; > td < text-align: center; > style> head> body> table> thead> tr> th>Heading th> th>Heading th> tr> thead> tbody> tr> td>Text td> td>Text td> tr> tr> td>Text td> td>Text td> tr> tr> td>Text td> td>Text td> tr> tbody> table> body> html>

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Center a table with CSS

The «align» attribute has been deprecated, however, in favor of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and this is a good thing. However, it’s not so obvious how to center a table using CSS.

The obvious way might appear to use the CSS «text-align: center;» somewhere, maybe like one of these:

OR, if you get really desperate,

None of these will work. The table itself will be left-aligned, but all the content in the table cells will be centered.

Why? Because «text-align» applies to inline content, not to a block-level element like «table».

Method 1

To center a table, you need to set the margins, like this:

table.center { margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; }

At this point, Mozilla and Opera will center your table. Internet Explorer 5.5 and up, however, needs you to add this to your CSS as well:

Method 2

If you want your table to be a certain percentage width, you can do this:

table#table1 { width:70%; margin-left:15%; margin-right:15%; }

And then in your HTML/XHTML, you would do this:

Note that I was using an id to describe the table. You can only use an id once on a page. If you had many tables on a page that you wanted to be the same width and centered, you would do this in your CSS:

table.center { width:70%; margin-left:15%; margin-right:15%; }

Method 3

If you want your table to be of fixed width, define your CSS like this:

div.container { width:98%; margin:1%; } table#table1 { text-align:center; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; width:100px; } tr,td {text-align:left;}

Set «width:100px» to whatever width you need.

«text-align: center» is there for Internet Explorer, which won’t work without it. Unfortunately, «text-align: center» will center all the text inside your table cells, but we counter that by setting «tr» and «td» to align left.

In your HTML, you would then do this:

Once again, I’m using an id. If you need to center several tables the same way, use a class instead of an id.

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How to center the contents of an HTML table?

As the name suggests, the tag helps align the texts within any container. To center align the texts, we need to use the texts within the and the tags.

However, this is not a recommended process. We should use this process only when we only have to design using HTML tags. The inconvenience associated with the tag is that you have to enclose every text within the tags manually.

Example

    table,td,th   
 
Name
 
Id
 
Designation
 
 
Tom Holland
 
12124325
 
Software Engineer
 
 
Pascal
 
12124329
 
Designer
 
 
    

Use The align Property Within The td Tag

We can use the align property within the td tag to achieve similar results. How ever this method is again not recommended because we have to manually use this code within each tag.

Example

    td,th   
 
Name
 
Qualification
 
Designation
 
 
Hellen Smith
 
MBA
 
Marketing officer
 
 
John Summerfield
 
CSE
 
Software Engineer
 
 
    

Use CSS text-align Property

Although CSS won’t complain if you use multiple text-align properties, using any one among the following will serve our requirements.

Example

    td,th < border:1px solid; padding:3vw; >table   
 
Name
 
city
 
Country
 
 
Steve Smith
 
Sydny
 
Australia
 
 
Virat Kohli
 
Mumbai
 
India
 
 
    

Conclusion

In this article, we have understood how to center align the texts within the tables. Using the tag is a traditional method. It was used while the internet relied on web 1.0. Nowadays, we use the CSS properties like text-align to center-align the texts.

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How to center a table in HTML

A table is an excellent way to present a lot of information in an organized way. Sales data, web page traffic, stock market trends, and student’s grades are examples of information that are often presented in tables.

When adding a table to a web page using HTML, it may be more visually appealing to center it on the page. Centering text and pictures is usually done via the text-align class or through CSS, but centering a table requires a different approach. Details are provided below for how to center a table on a web page.

Centering a table in HTML

When adding a table to a web page, by default, it’s aligned to the left side of the page or container, as shown below.

HITS	MONTH	TOTAL INCREASE
324,497	January 1998	—
436,699	February 1998	112,172

The HTML source code for the table above is the following.

 
 
HITS
 
MONTH
 
TOTAL INCREASE
 
 
324,497
 
January 1998
 
-
 
 
436,699
 
February 1998
 
112,172
 
 

To center this table, you would need to add ;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto; to the end of the style attribute in the tag. The table tag would look like the following.

HITS	MONTH	TOTAL INCREASE
324,497	January 1998	—
436,699	February 1998	112,172

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CSS Table Alignment

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

Firstname	Lastname	Savings
Peter	Griffin	$100
Lois	Griffin	$150
Joe	Swanson	$300

Example

Vertical Alignment

Firstname	Lastname	Savings
Peter	Griffin	$100
Lois	Griffin	$150
Joe	Swanson	$300

Example

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