Seating Chart Maker

Plan tables and exact seats

A seating chart answers two questions: which table should each guest join, and which chair should that person occupy? Set capacity table by table instead of assuming every table is identical, then use round, oval or rectangular shapes for clarity.

The tool suits weddings, dinners and other events where named seats matter. It is not a freeform room-layout or CAD tool: it does not model walls, exits, dance floors or real-world distances. Confirm table positions, aisle widths and accessibility requirements with your venue.

Manual and group-aware assignment

Assign important seats first, for example, guests who need an accessible position, family members or hosts. Manual assignments are preserved during auto-assign. Remaining guests are placed deterministically, with group names used to keep people together where capacities allow.

“Group-aware” is a preference, not a promise that every group will fit at one table. A group of nine cannot remain together when only six-seat tables have space. Review the result and move individual guests when comfort, relationships or mobility needs require human judgment. Manual assignment uses ordinary controls rather than requiring a drag gesture, following the principle behind W3C guidance on alternatives to dragging.

A simple seating example

Suppose 24 guests need seats. You add three eight-seat tables. First, manually place the couple and six relatives at Table 1. Then group the remaining guests and run auto-assign. Table 1 stays unchanged while the planner fills 16 open seats. If a five-person group is split because only smaller gaps remain, move it manually and rerun assignment for unseated guests.

Export the right version

SVG stays sharp when resized; PNG suits messages, documents and presentations. CSV provides a structured assignment list, while JSON preserves the plan for later editing. Printing uses your browser’s print dialog. The planner does not generate a PDF itself, although the dialog may offer “Save as PDF.”

Privacy and practical checks

Guest names, groups, tables and assignments stay in your browser rather than being uploaded for processing. Export a JSON backup before clearing browser data or changing devices. Treat downloaded files as private event records, and verify spelling, duplicate names, unseated guests, empty chairs and last-minute RSVP changes before sharing the final chart.