Correct Semantic Use Of Css Properties

Since it is recommended not to use table elements for layout purposes (non-tabular data), because the special formatting applied to those elements may change in the future, is it a

Solution 1:

No. CSS is purely presentational. Some of the properties are just poorly named (text-align being a prime example, it is designed to align all inline children).

Solution 2:

It is perfectly fine, to use text-align in table cells, that just styling the table as you should be doing. If you want to. Just do it in CSS. Do not use align="right".

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/text-align Says it applies to: block level elements, table cells and inline-blocks. So it is a use that is documented and intended. If you have inline content use this property to style its alignment.

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/text.html#propdef-text-align Also states

This property describes how inline-level content of a block container is aligned.

So it is not just text, but all inline content.