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Asked: 2026-05-23T00:48:02+00:00

TableForm with TableHeadings option is a quick and easy way to display good-looking classical

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TableForm with TableHeadings option is a quick and easy way to display good-looking classical table in Mathematica FrontEnd. The only problem is that it is common to display such a table with headings aligned to the left but the content of the table aligned to the right. Is it possible to force TableForm to behave in this way? Or if not, what is the best way to make an analog of TableForm that behaves in this way?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It appears that one way to do this is:

    RawBoxes[ToBoxes[
   TableForm[RandomReal[{-10, 10}, {3, 3}], 
    TableHeadings -> {{"First left header", "Second left header", 
       "Trird left header"}, {"First top header", "Second top header",
        "Third top header"}}]] /. (ColumnAlignments -> _) -> 
   ColumnAlignments -> {Left, Right}]

    One can make such behavior permanent using Villegas-Gayley trick:

    Unprotect[TableForm];
TableForm[args___] /; ! TrueQ@$inTableForm := 
 Block[{$inTableForm = True}, 
  RawBoxes[ToBoxes[TableForm[args]] /. (ColumnAlignments -> _) -> 
     ColumnAlignments -> {Left, Right}]]
Protect[TableForm];

    Now

    TableForm[RandomReal[{-10, 10}, {3, 3}], 
 TableHeadings -> {{"First left header", "Second left header", 
    "Third left header"}, {"First top header", "Second top header", 
    "Third top header"}}]

    gives:

    Modified TableForm

    Another way is to define alternative function myTableForm:

    myTableForm[args___] := 
 RawBoxes[ToBoxes[TableForm[args]] /. (ColumnAlignments -> _) -> 
    ColumnAlignments -> {Left, {Right}}]
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