HTML <th> alignProperty
Example
Align the content in the header cells to the left:
<table width="100%" border="1">
<tr>
<th align="left">Month</th>
<th align="left">Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
<tr>
<th align="left">Month</th>
<th align="left">Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Browser Support
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All major browsers support the align attribute.
Note:Almost no browser can correctly handle the "char" value.
Definition and Usage
HTML5 does not support the <th> align attribute. Please use CSS instead.
The align attribute specifies the horizontal alignment of content in header cells.
Syntax
<th align="left|right|center|justify|char">
Property value
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| left | Left-aligned content. |
| right | Right-aligned content. |
| center | Center-aligns content (the default value for <th>). |
| justify | Stretches rows so that each row can have equal width (like in newspapers and magazines). |
| char | Align the content to the specified character. |
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