Center Align Text in Table Cells in HTML

We use the CSS property text-align, to center align text in table cells. We use inline, internal style sheet for text alignment in table cells.

The text-align property of CSS sets the alignment of the content in <th> and <td>.

By default, the content of <th> are center-aligned and the content of <td> are left-aligned. We can override the attribute by other to change the alignment.

We can also change the align-value to left and right.

Syntax

Following is the syntax to center align text in tag of the table.

<th style="text-align: center">Table header...</th>

Following is the syntax to center align text in <td> tag of the table.

<td style="text-align: center">Table header...</td>

Example 1

Given below is the example to center align text in table cells in HTML.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <style>
      table,tr,th,td {
         border:1px solid black;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <table style="width: 50%">
      <caption style="text-align: center; ">Employees</caption>
      <tr>
         <th style="text-align: center">EmployeeName</th>
         <th style="text-align: center">EmployeeId</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style="text-align: center">Yadav</td>
         <td style="text-align: center">022</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style="text-align: center">Abdul</td>
         <td style="text-align: center">025</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style="text-align: center">Jason</td>
         <td style="text-align: center">208</td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Following is the output for the above example program.

Example 2

Let us see another example for this ?


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      table, td, th {
         border: 1px solid black;
         width: 300px;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h1>Authors</h1>
   <table>
      <tr>
         <th>Alchemist</th>
         <th>Rich Dad Poor Dad</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style="text-align:center">Paulo Coelho</td>
         <td style="text-align:center">Robert Kiyosaki</td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>
Updated on: 2023-08-31T02:10:42+05:30

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