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HTMLSPEC-TABLE

Table

Usage

Used to specify a table within a web document.

Attributes

align="left | center | right"


Specifies the horizontal alignment of the table.

border="#"


Specifies the thickness of the table border in pixels represented by #. 0=no border; 1=default; the higher the number, the thicker the border.

cellpadding="#"


Specifies the thickness of the area inside the contents of a cell in pixels represented by #; the higher the number, the thicker the area.

cellspacing="#"


Specifies the thickness of the area outside the contents of a cell in pixels represented by #; the higher the number, the thicker the area.

width="#"


Specifies the width of the table in pixels represented by #. Use pixel values such as width="500", or use percentage values such as width="100%". Percentages are based on the screen resolution of the computer's display.

bgcolor="#hexValue"


Specifies the color of the background of the table; you must use hexadecimal HTML color values as usual.

background="imageURL"


Specifies an image to be used as the background of the table; image must be present in current directory as usual unless full path of image is provided.

Code Tip

Tables are not solely used to present tabular information. They are more commonly used to structure entire website layouts and manipulate text around images.

Live Example

<html>
<head><title>Table Document Example</title></head>
<body>
<table border=1 width=300>
<caption><font size=2pt face="arial">Example Table</caption>
<tr>
<th bgcolor=#000000><font size=2pt face="arial" color=#FFFFFF>Heading</font></th>
<th bgcolor=#000000><font size=2pt face="arial" color=#FFFFFF>Heading</font></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><font size=2pt face="arial">Text A</font></td>
<td align="right"><font size=2pt face="arial">Text B</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center"><font size=2pt face="arial">Text C</font></td>
<td align="center"><font size=2pt face="arial">Text D</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left"><font size=2pt face="arial">Text E</font></td>
<td align="right"><font size=2pt face="arial">Text F</font></td>
</tr>
<td align="center" colspan="2"><font size=2pt face="arial">Text G</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html> 


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last edited (April 12, 2004) by leeos, Number of views: 1582, Current Rev: 5 (Diff)

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