HTMLTableColElement: align property

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The align property of the {{domxref("HTMLTableColElement")}} interface is a string indicating how to horizontally align text in a table {{htmlelement("col")}} column element.

[!NOTE] This property is deprecated, and CSS should be used to align text horizontally in a column. Use the CSS {{cssxref("text-align")}} property, which takes precedence, to horizontally align text in a column instead.

As {{htmlelement("td")}} are not children of {{htmlelement("col")}}, you can't set it directly on a {{HTMLElement("col")}} element, you need to select the cells of the column using a td:nth-last-child(n) or similar (n is the column number, counting from the end).

Value

The possible values are:

• left
  • : Align the text to the left. Use text-align: left applied directly to the {{HTMLElement("td")}} or {{HTMLElement("th")}} instead.
• right
  • : Align the text to the right. Use text-align: right applied directly to the <td> or <th> instead.
• center
  • : Center the text in the cell. Use text-align: center instead.

Examples

Use CSS text-align on the {{htmlelement("td")}} and {{htmlelement("th")}} elements. As {{htmlelement("td")}} elements of a column are not children of {{htmlelement("col")}}, setting the align attribute in HTML or text-align property in CSS on a {{HTMLElement("col")}} element will have no effect. Instead, select the cells of a column using a :is(td, tr):nth-child(n), where n is the column number, or similar.

An example is available on the {{cssxref(":nth-child()")}} page.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{cssxref("text-align")}}
• {{cssxref(":nth-child()")}}
• {{cssxref(":nth-last-child()")}}
• Learn: Styling tables