Name
table
Synopsis
<table>...</table>
Indicates a table. The end tag is required, and its omission may cause the table not to render in some browsers.
Attributes
Core(id
,
class
, style
, title
),
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. Value is specified in hexadecimal RGB values or by color name. (See Appendix D for more information on specifying colors in HTML.)
-
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).
above
Top side only.
below
Bottom side only.
hsides
Top and bottom sides only.
vsides
Right and left sides ...
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