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Left align table on page

Subhaashinie Dastalinggam

We recently moved to cloud, and when I insert a table onto a page, it is by default appearing at the Centre of the page. Please let me know how to align the whole table so that it appears on the left side edge of the page - inline with my page header and other texts on the page. -Thanks

Accepted answers

Dan Breyen

Hi @Subhaashinie Dastalinggam welcome to the community. If you go out to Atlassian's Jira page (jira.atlassian.com) you will find your request has been submitted here CONFCLOUD-76630 as a suggestion for their Developers to consider in a future release.

I would highly recommend voting for and watching it for future updates.

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Dan Breyen

I would highly recommend voting for and watching it for future updates.

Subhaashinie Dastalinggam

Hi Dan,

Thanks for getting back.

-Subha

Tania Zirn

Hi Dan - why is this a "suggestion" for future release and not a bug? Not being able to left align tables anymore has removed basic formatting that was previously available. It also makes our pages look very odd.

Rob Brown_kanru4

+1 @ bug not a feature

Andrew Ford_c9s238

Why has this not been done yet.

David Garrett

For those equally frustrated with the missing functionality in their new edit-v2 UI, check out this work-around:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/edit-vs-edit-v2/qaq-p/1060130

Unfortunately, this only works if you have an old converted edit-v1 page to copy/template.

Hannes Hoberg_hc4s4y

Is there a timeline for fixing this?

Richard Tipple

A work around ... use the page column divider feature and size it to approximately the size of your table.

Screenshot 2024-02-29 093436.png

Closest thing I've found to left align tables

Graham Twaddle

Is anyone from Atlassian reading these :-(

Michael Goulet

Nice work around. Unfortunately since I can't freely adjust the width of the page columns, it feels too limiting - I really tried to like this! :-)

Though unrelated, it should be noted, I think in the last week (or maybe last day?) they have introduced a significant update to tables (https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-25847). You can finally grab columns and rows and drag them around to be repositioned. Sadly, the table is still jammed awkwardly in the center of the page with no option to left-align.

Richard Tipple

It's a limited workaround ... or should I say ... 'least crap' option :-)

Tracy Deffendol

It is a bit strange that you cannot change the table alignments when you could on the server version. We have used tables extensively in our server version and now they are all goofy looking.

Not that these even matter, but it would be great to have it fixed.

Graham Twaddle

+1 makes our audit / compliance pages look somewhat unprofessional

Martin Rogers_mty3n9

Presumably it's not a feature that can appear in a sales pitch as "new"

LORI CULBERSON

WORKAROUND: While editing, you can select the layout icon to create two columns. Insert the table into the left column.

cp-richard

I eagerly anticipate the arrival of a substantial competitor.

The moment one emerges, we'll swiftly transition away. The recent shift towards forced center alignment is merely the latest in a series of detrimental changes to the layout and editor experience.

Eliminating previously functional features and handling options represents a step backward, catering only to the least discerning of users.

Alan Broady

Please vote for this issue here --> https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-76630

This is more likely to be checked by the Atlassian development team.

Matthew Prescott

My workaround is to copy a table from an old page (which doesn't have this issue) into the new page. This seems to get over the problem. I then change the table contents/structure to whatever I need in the new page.

Kristen Littlefield_xe2bxi

+1 Something that used to work and no longer does is a bug, not a feature.

juha.siltanen@relexsolutions.com

I could not get the table to the left or to full width of the page. Not fully same thing as OP posted but relates closely so posting here.

Took too long to find this, but check out the right side of the table, there it actually let's you resize. I was loosing my mind over this for a while...

Subhaashinie Dastalinggam

Thanks for this juha, I was aware of this 'Resize' feature, but still would like to left align the table within the page.

juha.siltanen@relexsolutions.com

well it does "left align" but then you just need to have the table for full width of the page

Matt Bush

juha.siltanen@relexsolutions.com which for intrinsically small tables like status tables and page properties looks completely ridiculous to have it full width.

For example create a document using `Project Plan` template and try sizing them to full page width it looks bad and is not page/space efficient.

As a work around I am using the page section layouts and creating 2-column / 3-column sections. Is a lot faffing around but is better than waiting multiple years for Atlassian coders to implement stock+standard edit functionality.

Christian Pfleghart_uexusl

Please add this bacis feature

Klaus Müller_c9mfpa

There are already a lot of good comments and helpful workarounds in this thread.

I'd like to add one or two experiences of things we've tried in the last couple of weeks.
Maybe some of you may find this helpful.

First i want to state that, in my personal opinion, one of Atlassians biggest mistakes was the removal of the 'panel' macro.
Not the Info or Warning panel but the 'panel' panel.
This was _tremendously_ helpful and its removal has a larger impact then Atlassian might think.

As for the tables, we've been toying around with two tools and / or macros:
the first one is the "Office Excel" macro that comes with the cloud version of confluence.

This macro "only" previews already existing attachments but does so in a manner that it simulates an embedded excel sheet.

You'd still have to use a third party tool like GoEdit to edit the real excel file but it's still a good way to fully display an excel sheet properly.

The second one is a third party tool called "Enable Table Macro".
This allows you to embed an actual and editable excel file into the page.

Plus it automatically aligns to the left or rather fills the whole page.
And it adds some of the basic tools from excel.

One drawback is you'd have to pay for it.

Shelley Duncan

+1 @ bug not a feature

My workaround is to create a page from legacy editor. Legacy editor is in my templates (i think Atlassian added it after I complained about all of the issues with the new editor).

Otherwise, copy an existing legacy editor page.

Unfortunately some of the functions of the legacy editor have been disabled. We at our company view upgrading to cloud, a massive downgrade

Scott Pankhurst

yes. so frustrating to be "upgraded" to something worse than before.

Troy Weis

Ok. I did this and it worked.... but this is sooooo dumb we have to do something like this.

Drew Contractor

This defies belief for me as well. Like all the others I came here expecting to find the quick easy answer and thinking they couldn't possibly have removed the ability to align.

As a clunky workaround you can insert a MarkDown defined table which will align left.

Attila Papp_zbg01a

I guess they don't because the thread is marked as "resolved", despite the issue is still present as of today.

Shelley Duncan

The ticket itself is not resolved. I think the resolution of this thread is that yes, it is indeed a bug.

KP_jmwpnx

Thanks for this workaround! Now that one exists, I don't expect Atlassian to do anything about the underlying problem.

Sebastian_3slhj5

It should simply be possible to align the whole table on the left side of the page without any work arounds or containers around.

Please fix this.

Martin Kreitlein

The same for me: +1 Bug, not a feature
It is very sad that customers have to tell software developers to do their job properly :-(

At least there is an update here from May 3rd

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-76630

Some good news - the team is currently working on introducing a left alignment option for tables. In addition to this we will be making tables created in full-width pages insert left aligned by default. These changes are currently on track to ship in the next couple of months.

@atlassian official: Are you kidding??? "in the next couple of months" ???

Joost van DIjk_tmvij6

oh wait, if you go from 2 column mode, back to 1 column, it stays to the left! Hax! (What a terrible UI this)

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