DIV in float right

I got a table with a couple <td>:

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>First</td>
  <td>Second</td>
  <td style="padding:20px;">
      <div>
        Third
      </div>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

What I want to do is to place the “Third” <td> (with the div) to the right side of the table and the “First” and “Second” <td> should stay left.

Style with float:right; didn’t work for me…

Answers:

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Method 1

You need to make your table’s width 100%, then control the widths of your first 2 columns, and finally right-align your third column.

http://jsfiddle.net/25Mqa/1/

<table>
 <tr>
  <td class="first">First</td>
  <td class="second">Second</td>
  <td class="third">Third</td>
 </tr>
</table>

CSS:

table { width:100%; }
.first, .second { width:50px; }
.third { text-align:right; }

Method 2

The problem is that the width of a <table> is determined by its content, by default. If you want the <table> to span 100% width (of its containing block) like block-level elements do, you can either add table-layout: fixed; and then specify your width – or just give it a width, depending on what you’re after, e.g.

table {
   width: 100%;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/QEaAd/2/

Method 3

try add style="text-align:right;"

<table>
 <tr>
  <td>First</td>
  <td>Second</td>
  <td style="padding:20px; text-align:right;">
      <div>
        Third
      </div>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

Only if you have 2 divs one near other:

<div id="fr">div1</div>
<div id="fr">div2</div>

you can float them right:

<style>
#fr{float:right;}
</style>

Method 4

<table style="width: 100%;">
 <tr>
  <td>First</td>
  <td>Second</td>
  <td style="padding:20px; display: block; float: right;">
      <div>
        Third
      </div>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

http://jsfiddle.net/pbesD/

I believe this does what you want, however from what I understand, floating table elements will cause problems in versions of Internet Explorer <8

Method 5

I dont know what you are trying to do with tables and divs? But I normally use this for emailers.

I use the align attribute for td’s. This helps a lot in making sure your layout looks the way you want. And it works in all browsers 🙂

FIDDLE

HTML:

<table width="100%">
 <tr>
  <td>First</td>
  <td>Second</td>
  <td style="padding:20px;" align="right">
      <div>
        Third
      </div>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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