After you??™ve selected the table, the Property inspector presents the table properties, as shown in Figure 13-6.
If the inspector isn??™t open, choose Window ??? Properties.
FIGURE 13-6
The expanded Table Property inspector gives you control over all the table-wide attributes.
Setting alignment
Aligning a table in Dreamweaver goes beyond the expected left, right, and center options. You can also
make a table into a free-floating object, around which you can wrap text??”to the left or right.
Figure 13-7 illustrates some of the different results you can get from aligning your table.
FIGURE 13-7
Tables can be centered, as well as aligned left or right??”with or without text wrapping.
Because the
tag is a block element, CSS can be used to float the table on the page to the left or
right. Subsequent text wraps around the table to one side or the other. Although Dreamweaver lets you
align the table left or right from the Property inspector to achieve a similar effect in older browsers, the
align attribute in tables has been deprecated.
To align the table without allowing text to wrap, you need to put the table within a tag and set the
tag??™s align style to left, right, or center values with CSS. Although you may be tempted to use
the