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jjs6067
post Jun 18 2010, 05:41 PM
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Hey guys,

I'm making a site for my mom's company, www.citizenscontracting.com, and for some reason in internet explorer, the text inside of the tables are centered. However, in firefox and safari, it is aligned left like it's supposed to be. I tried text-align and it did not work. Any suggestions for making it left aligned in IE?
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Darin McGrew
post Jun 18 2010, 05:46 PM
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Don't use align="center" to center block-level elements. See
http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/
http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/center.html
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post Jun 18 2010, 05:56 PM
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QUOTE(Darin McGrew @ Jun 18 2010, 06:46 PM) *

Don't use align="center" to center block-level elements. See
http://dorward.me.uk/www/centre/
http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/center.html


No, you see, the problem is that the text IS centered. I want the text to be left aligned. For some reason, IE centers my text when i don't want it to.
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post Jun 18 2010, 06:46 PM
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Yes, because in some browsers the alignment is inherited inside contained block level elements and make the text centered. So don't use align="center". wink.gif
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post Jun 18 2010, 06:50 PM
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You have the layout centered in the page. You are using align="center" to do that. However, align="center" is supposed to center text and other inline content, not block-level elements like the DIVs and TABLEs that you use to create your layout. Apparently, MSIE picks up the align="center" and centers your text.

If you get rid of the align="center" and use CSS to center your DIVs and TABLEs (as described in the links I provided), then MSIE shouldn't center your text.
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post Jun 20 2010, 09:18 PM
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QUOTE(Darin McGrew @ Jun 18 2010, 07:50 PM) *

You have the layout centered in the page. You are using align="center" to do that. However, align="center" is supposed to center text and other inline content, not block-level elements like the DIVs and TABLEs that you use to create your layout. Apparently, MSIE picks up the align="center" and centers your text.

If you get rid of the align="center" and use CSS to center your DIVs and TABLEs (as described in the links I provided), then MSIE shouldn't center your text.


Worked like a charm! Thanks for your help!
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