Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

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 ...