Hi all,
This has got to be a dumb question, but... What is the CSS property that I
would use to center a table on the web page?
If I set the table's Align property in the VS 2008 property window it
inserts align="center" into the <tabletag, and I get a validation warning
that attribute 'align' is considered outdated. Ok, so I probably need to
use a CSS style to do the same thing. But I've dug through all of the
categories in the Modify Style dialog and I can't find anything that sets
alignment or position to "center".
TIA - Bob 8  7837 
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This has got to be a dumb question, but... What is the CSS property that I
would use to center a table on the web page?
style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"
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"Bob Altman" <rd*@nospam.nospamwrote in message
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>This has got to be a dumb question, but... What is the CSS property that
I would use to center a table on the web page?
style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"
Thanks Mark. That's seriously non-intuitive!
Bob
CSS works on a "box" model, where each element in your page represents a
"box" of space. Every box has a width, interior padding, and exterior
margins.
By setting the margin-left and margin-right CSS properties to "auto", you
are essentially telling the browser to automatically set the margin for you,
but because you did that on both the left and the right, the individual
margins split the difference and you get a left margin and a right margin
that use up whatever space is not being used by your table "box".
-Scott
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>"Bob Altman" <rd*@nospam.nospamwrote in message
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>>This has got to be a dumb question, but... What is the CSS property that
I would use to center a table on the web page?
style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;"
Thanks Mark. That's seriously non-intuitive!
Bob
Hi Bob,
You can use the text-align css propety at the parent container element to
perform horizontal alignment setting: http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/4748.htm http://www.ehow.com/how_2284643_left...align-css.html
Sincerely,
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>From: "Bob Altman" <rd*@nospam.nospam>
Subject: How to center a table?
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:41 -0700
>
Hi all,
This has got to be a dumb question, but... What is the CSS property that I
would use to center a table on the web page?
If I set the table's Align property in the VS 2008 property window it
inserts align="center" into the <tabletag, and I get a validation
warning
>that attribute 'align' is considered outdated. Ok, so I probably need to
use a CSS style to do the same thing. But I've dug through all of the
categories in the Modify Style dialog and I can't find anything that sets
alignment or position to "center".
TIA - Bob
Doesn't that property setting inherit into the cells of the table causing
cell data to also be centered (which may not be desired)?
-Scott
"Steven Cheng [MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.comwrote in message
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Hi Bob,
You can use the text-align css propety at the parent container element to
perform horizontal alignment setting:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/4748.htm
http://www.ehow.com/how_2284643_left...align-css.html
Sincerely,
Steven Cheng
Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
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>>From: "Bob Altman" <rd*@nospam.nospam>
Subject: How to center a table?
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:41 -0700
>>
Hi all,
This has got to be a dumb question, but... What is the CSS property that I
would use to center a table on the web page?
If I set the table's Align property in the VS 2008 property window it
inserts align="center" into the <tabletag, and I get a validation
warning
>>that attribute 'align' is considered outdated. Ok, so I probably need to
use a CSS style to do the same thing. But I've dug through all of the
categories in the Modify Style dialog and I can't find anything that sets
alignment or position to "center".
TIA - Bob
Yes, as I suspected, this does not work. It will center the contents of the
table, but not the table itself.
The correct way is as I've described using margin-left:auto and
margin-right:auto.
-Scott
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
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Doesn't that property setting inherit into the cells of the table causing
cell data to also be centered (which may not be desired)?
-Scott
"Steven Cheng [MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:ki**************@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
>Hi Bob,
You can use the text-align css propety at the parent container element to
perform horizontal alignment setting:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/4748.htm
http://www.ehow.com/how_2284643_left...align-css.html
Sincerely,
Steven Cheng
Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you.
Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
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>>>From: "Bob Altman" <rd*@nospam.nospam>
Subject: How to center a table?
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:41 -0700
>>>
Hi all,
This has got to be a dumb question, but... What is the CSS property that
I
would use to center a table on the web page?
If I set the table's Align property in the VS 2008 property window it
inserts align="center" into the <tabletag, and I get a validation
warning
>>>that attribute 'align' is considered outdated. Ok, so I probably need to
use a CSS style to do the same thing. But I've dug through all of the
categories in the Modify Style dialog and I can't find anything that sets
alignment or position to "center".
TIA - Bob
Oops, I mean to say that it will center the table AND the contents of the
table, which may not be desired.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
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Yes, as I suspected, this does not work. It will center the contents of
the table, but not the table itself.
The correct way is as I've described using margin-left:auto and
margin-right:auto.
-Scott
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:ue**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>Doesn't that property setting inherit into the cells of the table causing
cell data to also be centered (which may not be desired)?
-Scott
"Steven Cheng [MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:ki**************@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
>>Hi Bob,
You can use the text-align css propety at the parent container element
to
perform horizontal alignment setting:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/4748.htm
http://www.ehow.com/how_2284643_left...align-css.html
Sincerely,
Steven Cheng
Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments
and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you.
Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
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From: "Bob Altman" <rd*@nospam.nospam>
Subject: How to center a table?
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:24:41 -0700
Hi all,
This has got to be a dumb question, but... What is the CSS property that
I
would use to center a table on the web page?
If I set the table's Align property in the VS 2008 property window it
inserts align="center" into the <tabletag, and I get a validation
warning
that attribute 'align' is considered outdated. Ok, so I probably need
to
use a CSS style to do the same thing. But I've dug through all of the
categories in the Modify Style dialog and I can't find anything that
sets
alignment or position to "center".
TIA - Bob
Thanks for your followup Scott,
Yes, I think your suggestion is reasonable. Using Margin will be preferred.
Sincerely,
Steven Cheng
Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at: ms****@microsoft.com.
--------------------
>From: "Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospam>
Subject: Re: How to center a table?
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:30:04 -0400
>
Oops, I mean to say that it will center the table AND the contents of the
table, which may not be desired.
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
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>Yes, as I suspected, this does not work. It will center the contents of
the table, but not the table itself.
The correct way is as I've described using margin-left:auto and
margin-right:auto.
-Scott
"Scott M." <s-***@nospam.nospamwrote in message
news:ue**************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>Doesn't that property setting inherit into the cells of the table
causing
>>cell data to also be centered (which may not be desired)?
-Scott
"Steven Cheng [MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:ki**************@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl.. .
Hi Bob,
You can use the text-align css propety at the parent container element
to
perform horizontal alignment setting:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/4748.htm
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