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HTML Tag: col

Column. Specifies attributes to be applied to a table column. Commonly used to apply CSS to a column. Must be used within a colgroup element.

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Required Attributes

  • None.

Optional Attributes

  • span can be used to specify a number of columns.
  • align can be used to horizontally align the cells within the column. The value can be left, center, right, justify or char.
  • valign can be used to vertically align the cells within the column. The value can be top, middle, bottom or baseline.
  • char can be used to specify a character with which cells will align, such as a decimal point. It is not supported by any major browser.
  • charoff can be used to specify the number of pixels the alignment should be offset from the char character. It is not supported by any major browser.
  • Common attributes

Example


<table>
	<colgroup>
		<col class="column1" />
		<col class="column2" />
		<col class="columns3and4" span="2" />
	</colgroup>
	<tr>
		<th>lime</th>
		<th>lemon</th>
		<th>orange</th>
		<th>blood orange</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>8</td>
		<td>7</td>
		<td>12</td>
		<td>5</td>
	</tr>
	...
</table>