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The <col> (column) Tag (XHTML Reference)
Introduction
The <col> tag is used define the values of columns in
a table. The <col> tag can be only used nested in a <colgroup> tag,
which again can be only used in a <table> tag. You can use the
<col> tag to pre-define the size of all columns or you can set the size
for each individual column. If you use the <col> tag in your tables, then
the table is processed much faster, because the column size is pre-defined.
Example
…
<table border="1">
<colgroup>
<col
width="40"></col>
<col
width="80"></col>
<col
width="120"></col>
</colgroup>
<tr>
<td>1st
Row - 1st Column</td>
<td>1st
Row - 2nd Column</td>
<td>1st
Row - 3rd Column</td>
</tr>
</table>
…
Output
Attributes
Name:
Description:
align
Aligns the content of the column horizontal with one of
the following options:
Left
Center
Right
Justify
Char
char
This attribute can be only used if you set the align
attribute to char. The usage of the attribute is to set the alignment character.
This can be very useful if you have a table row with decimal numbers and
would like to align the row according to the decimal point.
charoff
Defines in conjunction with the align attribute the
position of the alignment character.
span
Span is used to tell the table how many columns it has to
span.
valign
Aligns the column vertically with one of the following
options.
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