Element “align” is obsolete or non-standard: what should I use instead?

Question

I have this HTML code:

<td align="center">

and I'm getting this error in Visual Studio 2008 from ReSharper:

"Element 'align' is obsolete or nonstandard"

What is the replacement of this code to make it standard?

Answer 1

You should use text-align in CSS rather than using the obsolete html styling attributes.

td{
text-align:center;
}

Answer 2

That would be something like:

<td style="text-align: center;">

But it would be even better to move that style out of the html and put it in a separate style-sheet.

Answer 3

You did not explain your goal, but using CSS is more modern...

<td style="text-align: center;">

Using that within a stylesheet, rather than inline would be even better...

td {
    text-align: center;
}

Answer 4

Use CSS, not element attributes.

<td style="text-align: center;">

You can also place this in an external style sheet:

td {
    text-align: center;
}

Answer 5

use css styling:

text-align:center

but styling tables doesn't really work well on ie6, if you need it

Answer 6

You could try using <td style="text-align: center;">. However, table elements themselves are not really recommended, so it might be Visual Studio's way of trying to force you to use the <div> element.

Answer 7

Maybe with CSS?

text-align:center

Answer 8

#1 search result on Google for replacing deprecated align="center".

For people like me looking for ways to center other elements (not just <td>) you may also need to add width: 100% to the style tag.

<h1 style="text-align: center;width: 100%">