HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Name

table — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

Synopsis

<table> . . . </table>

Indicates a table used for displaying rows and columns of data or information. 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 complete table model is shown below.

Start/End Tags

Required/Required

Attributes

Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes

align="left|right|center"

Deprecated. Not in HTML5. Aligns the table within the text flow (same as align in the img element). The default alignment is left. The center value is not universally supported.

bgcolor="#rrggbb" or "color name"

Deprecated. Not in HTML5. Specifies a background color for the entire table. The color is specified in hexadecimal RGB values or by color name. Style sheets are the proper way to specify colors.

border="number"

Not in HTML5. 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"

Not in HTML5. Sets the amount of space, in number of pixels, between the cell border and its contents. The default value is 1.

cellspacing="number"

Not in HTML5. 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"

Not ...