The following worked for me to vertically align content (multi-line) in a list-table
.. list-table::
:class: longtable
:header-rows: 1
:stub-columns: 1
:align: left
:widths: 20, 20, 20, 20, 20
* - Classification
- Restricted
- Company |br| Confidential
- Internal Use Only
- Public
* - Row1 col1
- Row1 col2
- Row1 col3
- Row1 col4
- Row1 col5
Using theme overrides .css option I defined:
.stub {
text-align: left;
vertical-align: top;
}
In the theme that I use 'python-docs-theme', the cell entry is defined as 'stub' class. Use your browser development menu to inspect what your theme class is for cell content and update that accordingly.