Example
Right-align the content of all the cells in the second table row:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr align=”right”>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
Definition and Usage
The align attribute specifies the horizontal alignment of the content in a table row.
Browser Support
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Note: None of the major browsers handles the “char” value correctly.
Compatibility Notes
The align attribute of <tr> is not supported in HTML5. Use CSS instead.
CSS syntax: <tr style=”text-align:right”>
CSS Example: align content inside <tr>
In our CSS tutorial you can find more details about the text-align property.
Syntax
<tr align=”left|right|center|justify|char”>
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| left | Left-align content (default for <td> elements) |
| right | Right-align content |
| center | Center-align content (default for <th> elements) |
| justify | Stretches the lines so that each line has equal width (like in newspapers and magazines) |
| char | Align the content to a specific character |
