HTML The Definitive Guide (154 page)
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Authors: Chuck Musciano Bill Kennedy
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Define a table
align=
position
Align the table either left or
right and flow the subsequent text
around the table
background=
url
Define a background image for the
Graphic
table
bgcolor=
color
Define the background color for the
entire table
border=
n
Create a border
n
pixels wide
bordercolor=
color
Define the border color for the entire
Graphic
table
bordercolordark=
color
Define the dark border-highlighting
Graphic
color for the entire table
bordercolorlight=
color
Define the light border-highlighting
Graphic
color for the entire table
cellpadding=
n
Place
n
pixels of padding around each cell's contents
cellspacing=
n
Place
n
pixels of spacing between cells
cols=
n
Specify the number of columns in this
Graphic
table
Graphic
frame=
type
Define where table borders are
displayed, either border (default),
void, above, below, hsides,
lhs, rhs, vsides, or box
height=
n
Define the height of the table in pixels
Graphic
hspace=
n
Specify the horizontal space, in
Graphic
pixels, added at the left and right of
the table
nowrap
Suppress text wrapping in table cells
Graphic
rules=
edges
Determine where inner dividers are
drawn, either all (default), groups
(only around row and column
groups), rows, cols, or none.
summary=
string
Provide a summary description of this
table
valign=
position
Align text in the table to either the
Graphic
top, center, bottom, or
baseline
vspace=
n
Specify the vertical space, in pixels,
Graphic
added at the top and bottom of the
table
width=
n
Set the width of the table to
n
pixels or a percentage of the window width
Create a row group within a table
align=
position
Align the table body cell contents to
the left, center, or right
char=
char
Specify the body group cell alignment
character
charoff=
value
Specify the offset within the cells of
the alignment position
valign=
position
Vertically align the body group cells'
contents to the top, center,
bottom, or baseline of the cell
Define a table data cell
abbr=
string
Specify an abbreviation for the cell's
contents
align=
position
Align the cell contents to the left,
center, or right
axis=
string
Provide a name for a related group of
cells
background=
url
Define a background image for this
Graphic
cell
bgcolor=
color
Define the background color for the
cell
bordercolor=
color
Define the border color for the cell
Graphic
bordercolordark=
color
Define the dark border highlighting
Graphic
color for the cell
bordercolorlight=
color
Define the light border highlighting
Graphic
color for the cell
char=
char
Specify the cell alignment character
charoff=
value
Specify the offset of the alignment
position within the cell
colspan=
n
Have this cell straddle
n
adjacent columns
headers=
list
Provide a list of header cell names
associated with this cell
height=
n
Define the height, in pixels, for this
cell
nowrap
Do not automatically wrap and fill
text in this cell
rowspan=
n
Have this cell straddle n adjacent
rows
scope=
scope
Define the scope of this header cell,
either row, col, rowgroup, or
colgroup
valign=
position
Vertically align this cell's contents to
the top, center, bottom, or
baseline of the cell
width=
n
Set the width of this cell to
n
pixels or a percentage of the table width
Define a multiline text input area
within a