Name
table — <table> . . . </table>
Indicates a table. The minimum elements for defining a table
are table
for establishing the
table itself, tr
for declaring
a table row, and td
for
creating table cells within the row. The end tag for the table
element is required, and its
omission may cause the table not to render in some
browsers.
Attributes
Core, Internationalization, Events
align="left|right|center"
Deprecated. Aligns the table within the text flow (same as
align
in theimg
element). The default alignment isleft
. Thecenter
value is not universally supported.bgcolor="
#rrggbb
"
or"
color name
"
Deprecated. Specifies a background color for the entire table. The color is specified in hexadecimal RGB values or by color name. Stylesheets are the proper way for specifying colors.
border="
number
"
Specifies the width (in pixels) of the border around the table and its cells. Setting its value to 0 (zero) turns the borders off completely. The default value is 1. Adding the word
border
without a value results in a 1-pixel border, although this is not valid in XHTML.cellpadding="
number
"
Sets the amount of space, in number of pixels, between the cell border and its contents. The default value is 1.
cellspacing="
number
"
Sets the amount of space (in number of pixels) between table cells. The default value is 2.
frame="void|above|below|hsides|lhs|rhs|vsides|box|border"
Tells the browser where to draw borders around the table. The values are as follows:
Value
Description
void
The frame does not appear (default). ...
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