Templat:Table alignment/doc

Purpose

To make it simpler to align the columns in tables with less wikicode.

Usage

Place {{Table alignment}} just before the table and then add some classes to the table.

classname	Purpose
defaultleft	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

Limitations

• Column numbers up to col19 are supported. A table can have more columns but they cannot be aligned with this method.
• On tables using rowspan or colspan, using the classes may not work well on those rows because the alignment appears in wrong cells. Normal table code like style="text-align: left/center/right;"| cell content can be added to individual cells, both to get the wanted alignment and override unwanted alignment.
• Does not work with {{static row numbers table}}. So remove that template and use code directly. For example:

  {{static row numbers}}{{Table alignment}}{{mw-datatable}}
  {| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers col1left mw-datatable" style=text-align:right;

See example table with above wikitext.

Example

{{Table alignment}}
{| class="wikitable defaultcenter col1left col4right"
!Item1
!Item2
!Item3
!Item4
|-
|AAAAAA
|100-200
|3-4
|53.43
|-
|BBB
|5-6
|7-8
|5563.35
|-
|CC
|9-10
|113-125
|322313.00
|}

Item1	Item2	Item3	Item4
AAAAAA	100-200	3-4	53.43
BBB	5-6	7-8	5563.35
CC	9-10	113-125	322313.00