How to move an entire table to the right on a page ? (Tabbing ...?)
Asked by Kunkleberry:

I just want to move an entire table to the right ? Can this be done somehow using spacebar or tab keys ? What's the easiest way to accomplish this ?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Victor's solution is more elegant but an expedient method is to select the entire table then click "align right" in the toolbar:

![Screen Shot 2018-05-14 at 3.36.08 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/22017i41749B7010EA080E/image-dimensions/632x224?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-05-14 at 3.36.08 PM.png")

comments: author: Kunkleberry
body: Ann,

Perhaps I'm a bit thick-headed. I tried your suggested action, but that merely moved the *++contents++* of the table to right. - It doesn't move the entire table to the right, which is what I'm trying to achieve. Just a thought - Maybe I should start with an *++empty++* table and try to move it to the right ...?

Thanks for your idea.

Ed


author: AnnWorley
body: You have to kind of highlight a line above the table to get the table selected. It doesn't have to be empty.


author: AnnWorley
body: ![highlight_table.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/22027iC851ED4F92EFDBF7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "highlight_table.png")

I had to insert a carriage return (blank line) above the table before I could select it.


author: rvallieu
body: This is an old answer, but it still applies! Thanks Ann - this was drivin me nuts today. I had to add another indented table to an already existing page where I had previously done this, and the new table was NOT cooperating with me. I forgot this trick.


author: Micheal Planck
body: I am on Confluence Cloud. This does not work. It only affects the text in the table, not the position of the table.

I would like to use full page width, but I would like my tables to be left-aligned (along with my text) instead of in the middle of the page.

Is this even possible?


author: Francesco Consiglio
body: [@Micheal Planck](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4230027) - having the same issue on Cloud. Did you find a way to yet?


author: Micheal Planck
body: It is not possible on Cloud.


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Edward,

Go to Page Layout, Add Section then add Two Column Section. Your section will now have 2 columns. Copy and Paste your table onto the second column.

Please let me know if it works.

Thanks

Victor

comments: author: Kunkleberry
body: Victor,

I tried the actions suggested in your answer, but it didn't work.

If it were just a line of text, I could achieve this by placing spaces or a tab (or two) in front of the text. Am just trying to achieve the same thing with a table.

Your answer seems to imply padding the table with a couple of empty columns on the left. That would push the other columns to right, after which I could then delete the two empty columns. - Did I interpret your suggestion correctly ?

Thanks.

Ed


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: ![Screen Shot 2018-05-14 at 3.26.51 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/22016i5E373176438B0249/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-05-14 at 3.26.51 PM.png")

Please see attached image.


author: Kunkleberry
body: Ann,

That did work exactly as I wanted ! - However, placing the cursor above the table (and not at the left-most column of the table) is a bit odd or counter-intuitive.

Nonetheless, it works. So, thanks for your help.

Ed

comments: author: AnnWorley
body: Our posts crossed :) Glad to hear it worked!