Name
col — HTML 4.01 | HTML5
Synopsis
HTML: <col>; XHTML: <col/> or <col />
Establishes a column (or columns via the span
attribute) within a table so that
attribute properties may be applied to all the cells in the column(s).
The col
element does not group
columns structurally (that is handled by the colgroup
element) but rather is an empty
element that allows attributes to be shared. The col
element must appear after the caption
element and before any row (tr
) or row group (thead
, tbody
, tfoot
) elements with the table
element.
Start/End Tags
This is an empty element. In HTML, the end tag is forbidden. In XHTML, the element must be closed with a trailing slash as just shown. Developers may include a space character before the slash for backward compatibility with older browsers.
Attributes
Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes
align="left|right|center|justify|char"
Not in HTML5. Specifies the horizontal alignment of text in a cell or cells. The default value is
left
.char="
character
"
Not in HTML5. Specifies a character along which the cell contents will be aligned when
align
is set tochar
. The default character is a decimal point (language-appropriate). This attribute is generally not supported by current browsers.charoff="
length
"
Not in HTML5. Specifies the offset distance to the first alignment character on each line. If a line doesn’t use an alignment character, it should be horizontally shifted to end at the alignment position. This attribute is generally not supported ...
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