Vertical align style

[tripodsan]

who should vertical alignment (top, middle, bottom) be styled?

use v, ^ and x for narrow rows:

Top        Middle     Bottom     Middle (condensed)
+-------+  +-------+  +-------+  +---------------+
v Larum |  v       |  |       |  X This is small |
| Ipsum |  | Larum |  |       |  +---------------+
|       |  | Ipsum |  | Larum |
|       |  ^       |  ^ Ipsum |
+-------+  +-------+  +-------+

use ~ but v^x for narrow rows:

Top        Middle     Bottom     Top (condensed)
+-------+  +-------+  +-------+  +---------------+
~ Larum |  ~       |  |       |  v This is small |
| Ipsum |  | Larum |  |       |  +---------------+
|       |  | Ipsum |  | Larum |
|       |  ~       |  ~ Ipsum |
+-------+  +-------+  +-------+

[tripodsan]

we use a style, compatible with GFM

+:-----^------+:------^------:+>-----^-----<+------^------:+----+
| top left    | top center    | top justify | top right    | 1\ |
|             |               |             |              | 2\ |
|             |               |             |              | 3  |
+:=====x======+:======x======:+>=====x=====<+======x======:+====+
|             |               |             |              | 1\ |
| middle left | middle center | top justify | middle right | 2\ |
|             |               |             |              | 3  |
+:-----v------+:------v------:+>-----v-----<+------v------:+----+
|             |               |             |              | 1\ |
|             |               |             |              | 2\ |
| bottom left | bottom center | top justify | bottom right | 3  |
+:---------------------------x----------------------------:+----+
| middle center                                            |    |
+:-------------^--------------+-------------v-------------:+----+
| top left                    | bottom right               |    |
+>---------------------------x----------------------------<+----+
| middle justify                                           |    |
+----------------------------------------------------------+----+