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align attribute (div, Hn, p, td, tr, ...)

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Sets the horizontal alignment of the contents in an object.

This attribute is deprecated. Use the text-align style property instead.

JavaScript page for this attribute: align. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

String that sets the type of alignment.

One of the following values:

center

Aligns to the center of the available space. Same as middle.

justify

Aligns to the left and right edges.

left

Default. Aligns to the left edge.

middle

Aligns to the center of the available space. Same as center.

right

Aligns to the right edge.

Default: left.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the align attribute:

<table border="1px" style="width:400px;">
    <tr>
        <td align="center">Contents are aligned to the center.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align="left">Contents are aligned to the left</td>
    </tr>
</table>

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Example HTML code 2:

Recommendation:

<table border="1px" style="width:400px;">
    <tr>
        <td style="text-align:center;">Contents are aligned to the center.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td style="text-align:left;">Contents are aligned to the left</td>
    </tr>
</table>