CSS – Vertical Align Content in Table Cells to Top
To align the content in table cells at the top along vertical axis using CSS, set CSS vertical-align property for the table cells td with the value top.
The CSS code to set vertical alignment for table cells to top is showing in the following.
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td {
vertical-align: top;
}
Examples
1. Align table contents to top
In the following example, we take a table with two columns, and three rows; and set the vertical alignment of content in table cells to top.
index.html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
td {
height: 50px;
vertical-align: top;
}
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 vertical-align
property to vertically align content in the table cells at top, with examples.