Left Align content in Table Cells
To left align content in table cells using CSS, set the CSS text-align
property to left
for the table cells td
.
The CSS code to set text-align property for the table cells is shown in the following.
td { text-align: left; }
Examples
1 Left align text in table cells
In the following example, we take a table with two columns, and three rows; and set the text alignment to left for the table cells.
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <style> td { text-align: left; } table, th, td { border: 1px solid; border-collapse: collapse; padding: 10px; } </style> </head> <body> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Fruit</th> <th>Quantity</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Apple</td> <td>32</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Banana</td> <td>48</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cherry</td> <td>75</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </body> </html>
Conclusion
In this CSS Tutorial, we learned how to use CSS text-align
property to left align content in the table cells, with examples.