Title: Column width and alignment
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Column width and alignment

 *  [chetandhawan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetandhawan/)
 * (@chetandhawan)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/)
 * Hi,
 * First of all, I would like to Thank Tobias for preempting numerous queries by
   diligently replying to varies queries raised by users.
 * Coming to my issue, I have 2 queries:
    1. I am using auto width to adjust table
   width across all tables. Is it possible to add some white space to increase the
   column widths marginally? Using a padding increases the row height as well, which
   I do not want. I am using the following code: .tablepress { width: auto; padding:
   30px; }
 * 2. Is it possible to left align column 1 for all tables and center align all 
   the remaining columns for all the tables by default? I know it can be done by
   setting center align for all the columns by default and then manually left aligning
   column 1 for each table. I want to avoid manually doing it for all tables.
 * Thanks

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/#post-6127236)
 * It is very difficult to help with this type of problem without being able to 
   view the site. If you post a link to your site where the problem can be seen,
   someone may be able to help you.
 *  Thread Starter [chetandhawan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetandhawan/)
 * (@chetandhawan)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/#post-6127247)
 * Here’s the link to the site
    [http://mycampusticket.com/exams/study-abroad/](http://mycampusticket.com/exams/study-abroad/)
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/#post-6127253)
 * Try this to add horizontal padding to your table cells:
 *     ```
       .tablepress thead th, .tablepress tfoot th, .tablepress tbody td {
           padding: 2px 15px;
       }
       ```
   
 * The first size (2px) affects the top and bottom padding. The second (15px) affects
   the left and right padding. You can actually specify all four widths separately
   by giving 4 values in the order (top right bottom left).
 * You can put the default CSS for all cells in that same rule and follow it with
   a rule to style specific rows, columns, or cells. So, to have all columns except
   the first centered and the first left aligned, use this:
 *     ```
       .tablepress thead th, .tablepress tfoot th, .tablepress tbody td {
          padding: 2px 15px;
          text-align: center;
       }
       .tablepress thead th.column-1, .tablepress tfoot th.column-1, .tablepress tbody td.column-1 {
          text-align: left;
       }
       ```
   
 * Since the last rule found for an element sets the style, and the ‘text-align:
   left;’ rule for column-1 is found after the general rule, column-1 will align
   left.
 *  Thread Starter [chetandhawan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetandhawan/)
 * (@chetandhawan)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/#post-6127254)
 * Thank you for the reply!
 * Perfect. Working fine now!Used the below code to left align first column after
   setting the entire table to centre align:
    .tablepress .column-1 { text-align:
   left; }
 * Works just fine.
 * Have few more issues though. I am trying to change properties of individual tables
   using the following codes:
 * .tablepress-id-40 .row-1 td {
    text-align: center; }
 * –> for centre aligning header
 * .tablepress-id-41 .column-1 {
    background-color: #00AEEF; }
 * –> for changing background color of coloum
 * Also trying to change background color/alignment of individual rows of tables.
   However, none is working including including the codes mentioned above. Can u
   plz help.
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/#post-6127266)
 * Where are the tables you mentioned? Please post links to your site where the 
   problem can be seen.
 *  Thread Starter [chetandhawan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetandhawan/)
 * (@chetandhawan)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/#post-6127278)
 * Here’s a link to the page:
    [http://mycampusticket.com/exams/engineering/jee-main/](http://mycampusticket.com/exams/engineering/jee-main/)
 * Table 40 is the one with the heading ‘Prominent Institutes accepting JEE’ while
   table 41 is the next table on the same page.
 * Have tried using the same codes with multiple tables but the problem still persists.
   So I am guessing that something’s wrong with the code that I am using.
 * Regards
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/#post-6127279)
 * For the first case, the cell is defined using th, not td. Try changing the td
   to th.
 * For the second, there is a rule further down that styles the even/odd rows. That
   rule is overriding yours. To make your rule take precedence, try adding the !
   important qualifier:
 *     ```
       .tablepress-id-41 .column-1 {
          background-color: #00AEEF !important;
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [chetandhawan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chetandhawan/)
 * (@chetandhawan)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/#post-6127280)
 * Thanks..Works perfect now. Don’t know why second case wasn’t working because 
   the rule for even/odd rows was at the very beginning. Anyway, adding the !important
   did the trick!
 * Cheers
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/column-width-and-alignment/#post-6127281)
 * I think a more specific rule was overriding the column rule, but still asleep
   at the wheel!

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