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Note: For vertical alignment of text see: Help:Table#Vertical alignment in cells. If there is no global text alignment set in the top line of the table wikitext, then all text is left aligned, except for header cells which are default center aligned.
There are several advanced table formatting techniques to improve the display or editing of wikitables in Wikipedia. Most of the tips involve use of standard text-editors. While some special software packages exist, to allow customized editing, they are typically not available when travelling to other computers for wiki-editin
styleR.C: CSS styling applied to cell in row R, column C. Overrides any more general styling (leftright, colCalign, rowRstyle, etc). |style5.3=text-align:right; Not set: Unnamed parameters: Each unnamed parameter is taken to be the next cell in the table, starting at the table's top left corner and working left to right from top to bottom.
Note: Wikipedia:HTML 5#Table attributes. CSS to replace obsolete attributes for borders, padding, spacing, etc. Add a border around a table using the CSS property border: thickness style color;, for example border:3px dashed red. This example uses a solid (non-dashed) gray border that is one pixel wide:
Align all table cells left by default defaultcenter: Align all table cells center by default defaultright: Align all table cells right by default colNleft: Align the cells in column N left, where N is a number colNcenter: Align the cells in column N center, where N is a number colNright: Align the cells in column N right, where N is a number
Our "Cheatsheet" is a good starting point for learning basic Wikipedia formatting.A more complete guide is here.. You can take some formatting tips from the standard way Wikipedia articles are laid out.
Note: If you trying to align a table column (left, center, or right) use Template:Table alignment. This is a generic template for handling the horizontal alignment of elements on a page. Use the template like this:
The font sizes and types are independent of browser settings or CSS. Font sizes and types will often deviate from what HTML renders. Vertical alignment with the surrounding text can also be a problem; a work-around is described in the "Alignment with normal text flow" section below. The CSS selector of the images is img.tex.