JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition

Name

Table: a <table> in an HTML document — DOM Level 2 HTML: Node → Element → HTMLElement → Table

Properties

HTMLElement caption

A reference to the <caption> element for the table, or null if there is none.

readonly HTMLCollection rows

An array (HTMLCollection) of TableRow objects that represent all the rows in the table. This includes all rows defined within <thead>, <tfoot>, and <tbody> tags.

readonly HTMLCollection tBodies

An array (HTMLCollection) of TableSection objects that represent all the <tbody> sections in this table.

TableSection tFoot

The <tfoot> element of the table, or null if there is none.

TableSection tHead

The <thead> element of the table, or null if there is none.

In addition to the properties just listed, this interface defines the properties in the following table to represent the HTML attributes of the <table> element:

Property	Attribute	Description
deprecated String align	align	Horizontal alignment of table in document
deprecated String bgColor	bgcolor	Table background color
String border	border	Width of border around table
String cellPadding	cellpadding	Space between cell contents and border
String cellSpacing	cellspacing	Space between cell borders
String frame	frame	Which table borders to draw
String rules	rules	Where to draw lines within the table
String summary	summary	Summary description of table
String width	width	Table width

Methods

createCaption( )

Returns the existing <caption> ...