Name
<colgroup> — NN: 2, 3, 4 • MSIE: 2, 3, 4, 5 • HTML 4 • WebTV • Opera3
Synopsis
<colgroup>...</colgroup>
Used within the <table>
tag, this tag
creates a column group, a structural division within a table that can
be appointed attributes with style sheets or HTML. A table may
include more than one column group. The number of columns in a group
is specified either by the value of the span attribute or by a tally
of columns <col>
within the group. Its end
tag is optional.
Column groups and columns were introduced by Internet Explorer 3.0 and are now proposed by the HTML 4.0 Specification as a standard way to label table structure. They may also be useful in speeding the table display (i.e., the columns can be displayed incrementally without waiting for the entire contents of the table).
Attributes
align=left|right|center|char
Specifies the alignment of text in the cells of a column group.
char=
character
Specifies a character along which the cell contents will be aligned. The default character is a decimal point (language-appropriate).
charoff=
length
Specifies the distance to the first alignment character (
char
) on each line. If a line doesn’t use an alignment character, it should be horizontally shifted to end at the alignment position.span=
number
Specifies the number of columns in a column group. If span is not specified, the default is 1.
valign=top|middle|bottom|baseline
Specifies the vertical alignment of text in the cells of a column group.
width=
pixels,
percentage, ...
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