# Positioning

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning/17133>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [April 1, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning/17133 "2003-04-01T19:26:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![chris9902](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb9ed0/32.png) [@chris9902](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chris9902)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning/17133/1 "2003-04-01T19:26:49Z")

</div>

i was just wondering if it is possible to move items left and right inside the

```php
<td> </td>

```

tags

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning/17133/2 "2003-04-01T21:01:11Z")

</div>

yes, it sure 'nuf is:

```php

<td align="right"> or
<td align="left"> or
<td align="center"> or
<td align = "justify"> (effects text only)
etc.........

```

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning/17133/3 "2003-04-01T21:08:32Z")

</div>

no thats not quite it

i need to be able to type say 40 and it moves right 40 in side the TD tags

also i am using a saerch box so i need to to effect every thing

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning/17133/4 "2003-04-01T21:25:32Z")

</div>

Ahh, what you’re after is relative positioning, which is included in the HTML 4.0 definition for layers (DIV).  
BUT, none of the browsers support it. ☹

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning/17133/5 "2003-04-01T21:48:38Z")

</div>

Would an “hspace” help?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/positioning/17133/6 "2003-04-01T21:50:23Z")

</div>

Nice idea, but hspace only effects image placement, not the entire contents of a table cell.