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Learn more about Labs Align right in a table cell with CSS Ask Question Asked 14 years, 11 months ago Modified 1 year, 8 months ago Viewed 437k times 182

I have the old classic code like this,

<td align="right">

which does what it says: it right aligns the content in the cell. So if I put two buttons in this cell, they will appear at the right site of the cell.

I was refactoring this to CSS, but there doesn't seem to be anything as right align. I see text-align, but is it that the same?

• css
• html-table
• right-align

Share Improve this question Follow edited Mar 12, 2023 at 19:11 Peter Mortensen 31.6k2222 gold badges109109 silver badges133133 bronze badges asked Dec 15, 2009 at 10:22 MichelMichel 23.5k4646 gold badges157157 silver badges252252 bronze badges Add a comment |

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Use

text-align: right

The text-align CSS property describes how inline content like text is aligned in its parent block element. text-align does not control the alignment of block elements itself, only their inline content.

See

text-align

<td class='alnright'>text to be aligned to right</td> <style> .alnright { text-align: right; } </style> Share Improve this answer Follow answered Dec 15, 2009 at 10:24 rahulrahul 187k5050 gold badges237237 silver badges264264 bronze badges 6

• 5 is a <input type="button"> a block element because that one doesn't get aligned right? – Michel Commented Dec 15, 2009 at 10:38
• 1 It depends. I have a paragraph, which is block, inside a table cell (css display: table-cell), and if I give that paragraph a width of 100% it starts to respect text-align right. I assume defining a width isn't always the best thing. – Costa Michailidis Commented Mar 26, 2013 at 18:50
• 3 I take it then, that the property text-align is not very well named if it applies to buttons and controls as well as text. Perhaps this should have been called content-align? – Ben Commented Feb 26, 2014 at 10:10
• 5 Michel: set the block element to inline-block, e.g.: td input { display:inline-block; } – shalamos Commented Nov 14, 2014 at 13:15
• 1 or me only works float:right or good old align="right". w t f ? – Tone Škoda Commented Feb 20, 2015 at 1:12

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Don't forget about CSS3's 'nth-child' selector. If you know the index of the column you wish to align text to the right on, you can just specify

table tr td:nth-child(2) { text-align: right; }

In cases with large tables this can save you a lot of extra markup!

here's a fiddle for ya.... https://jsfiddle.net/w16c2nad/

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• 1 Great: easiest and cleanest solution I saw. – ncrypticus Commented Nov 24, 2017 at 20:42

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How to position block elements in a td cell

The answers provided do a great job to right-align text in a td cell.

This might not be the solution when you're looking to align a block element as commented in the accepted answer. To achieve such with a block element, I have found it useful to make use of margins;

General syntax

selector { margin: top right bottom left; }

Justify right

td > selector { /* there is a shorthand, TODO! 🙂 */ margin: auto 0 auto auto; }

Justify center

td > selector { margin: auto auto auto auto; } /* or the short-hand */ margin: auto;

Align center

td > selector { margin: auto; }

JSFiddle example

Alternatively, you could make you td content display inline-block if that's an option, but that may distort the position of its child elements.

Share Improve this answer Follow edited Mar 12, 2023 at 19:14 Peter Mortensen 31.6k2222 gold badges109109 silver badges133133 bronze badges answered Nov 22, 2019 at 13:06 John MutumaJohn Mutuma 3,57022 gold badges2121 silver badges3333 bronze badges Add a comment | 10

What worked for me now is:

CSS:

.right { text-align: right; margin-right: 1em; } .left { text-align: left; margin-left: 1em; }

HTML:

<table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="left"> <input id="abort" type="submit" name="abort" value="Back"> <input id="save" type="submit" name="save" value="Save"> </td> <td class="right"> <input id="delegate" type="submit" name="delegate" value="Delegate"> <input id="unassign" type="submit" name="unassign" value="Unassign"> <input id="complete" type="submit" name="complete" value="Complete"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

See the following fiddle:

http://jsfiddle.net/Joysn/3u3SD/

Share Improve this answer Follow edited Mar 12, 2023 at 19:15 Peter Mortensen 31.6k2222 gold badges109109 silver badges133133 bronze badges answered Sep 1, 2012 at 20:52 JoysnJoysn 1,02911 gold badge1919 silver badges3535 bronze badges Add a comment |

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