Name
ALIGN — NN n/a IE 4 HTML 4
Synopsis
ALIGN=”alignConstant"
Optional
Establishes the horizontal alignment characteristics of content
within the row. The HTML 4.0 specification defines settings for the
ALIGN
attribute that are not yet reflected in the
CSS specification. Therefore, this ALIGN
attribute
is not fully deprecated as it is for many other elements. As a rule,
alignment should be specified by style sheet wherever possible.
Example
<TR ALIGN="center">
Value
Navigator and Internet Explorer share the same set of attribute values, whereas HTML 4.0 specifies two additional values:
Value |
NN 4 |
IE 4 |
HTML 4.0 |
---|---|---|---|
center |
• |
• |
• |
char |
- |
- |
• |
justify |
- |
- |
• |
left |
• |
• |
• |
right |
• |
• |
• |
The values center
, left
, and
right
are self-explanatory. The value
justify
is intended to space content so that text
is justified down both left and right edges. For the value
char
, the CHAR
attribute must
also be set to specify the character on which alignment revolves. In
the HTML 4.0 specification example, content that does not contain the
character appears to be right-aligned to the location of the
character in other rows of the same column.
It is important to bear in mind that the ALIGN
attribute applies to every cell within the TR
element, including any TH
element you specify for
the table. If you want a different alignment for the row header,
override the setting with a separate ALIGN
attribute or text-align
style sheet attribute for ...
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