Col

Table Column End Tag: Omitted Support Key: 2 \| 3 \| 3.2 \| IE3A1 \| M \| N	What is it? Attributes Tag Example	Parent/Content Model Tips & Tricks Browser Peculiarities
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What is it?: The COL tag is an optional element contained within the COLGROUP grouping structure. It allows an author to specify table properties based on column groups rather than the traditional row structure (TR, THEAD, TBODY and TFOOT.) Attributes specified in the COL tag override those found in the parent COLGROUP structure.

Attributes
Span
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3A1 | M | N: Required? No; Description:
This attribute specifies how many columns the current column specification applies to (default value is 1. The number of total columns in a table should equal the number of cells specified later in the table structure, but it is possible to specify a SPAN value of 0, which indicates that the current COL element spans all remaining columns. Using the SPAN element does not actually DEFINE a column grouping, it is rather a method used to more easily specify shared column attributes.; Values: 0 or a positive integer.
Width
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3A1 | M | N: Required? No; Description:
This attribute specifies the default width for the current column group.; Values: Positive Integers representing the column width (usually pixels.)
Style Sheet Attributes [More on Cascading Style Sheets]
Class
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N: Required? No; Description:
This represents an assigned semantic classification grouping(s) for the current tag.; Values:
Given as a comma separated list of alphanumeric characters. Class names may contain spaces (multiple consecutive spaces treated as a single space.)
ID
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N: Required? No; Description:
This assigns an alpha-numeric identifier that is unique to this tag instance. Style sheets may use this attribute to reference the current instance of this tag. Hyperlinks may also use this identifier to serve as a destination.; Values:
An alphanumeric string - initial character must be a letter followed by alphabetic characters, digits, "-" or "." characters. The allowable set of alpha-characters is restricted to the A-Z and a-z set.
Style
2 | 3 | 3.2 | IE3B1 | M | N: Required? No; Description:
This attribute is a text string that provides rendering style information for the current tag.; Values:
Please see the description of inline styles for more information on how to use this attribute and its possible values.

Example: <table BORDER="2" ALIGN="left" CELLPADDING="5" BORDERCOLOR="#ff0000"
COLS="4" FRAME="vsides" RULES="cols" WIDTH="75%">
<colgroup>
   <col ALIGN="right">
</colgroup>
<colgroup>
   <col ALIGN="center">
   <col ALIGN="center">
   <col ALIGN="center">
</colgroup>
<caption ALIGN="top">Juggling Capabilities of Waterfront Performers</caption>
<thead>
      <tr> <th>Juggler</th><th>Pins</th><th>Bowling Balls</th><th>Flaming Baseballs</th> </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
      <tr> <td>Bob</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> </tr>
      <tr> <td>Larry</td> <td>2</td> <td>7!!!</td> <td>NA</td> </tr>
      <tr> <td>Julie the Great</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>20<br>(She IS great!)</td> </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Parent Model: <colgroup>
Content Model: This tag accepts no content

Tips & Tricks

The Table model (even the Simple Table Model) is easily the most complex markup structure in HTML. If you have other general questions about this structure see the Table Overview.

Browser Peculiarities

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