Table Tags

Tag Tag attribute Function

<table>..</table>

  Defines the beginning and end of  a table.
  border="..." sets the border width.
  cellspacing="..." space between the table data cells.
  cellpadding="..." space between the inner edge of a cell and its content.
  align="..." aligns the entire table to the left, right or center of page.
  width="..." the width of the table, in pixels or percentage of page width.
  bgcolor="..." background color for all cells that do not have a background color or image specified.
  background="..." background image for all cells that do not have a background color or image specified.
  bordercolor="..." border color for the table.
  bordercolorlight="..." border color light to create a 3d effect. (i.e. only)
  bordercolordark="..." border color dark to create a 3d effect. (i.e. only)
  valign="..." vertical alignment of the content, values are top or bottom.

<tr>..</tr>

  Defines the beginning and end of each table row.  A table must have at least one row

Strictly speaking, the </tr> tag is not neceassary, because the presence of the next <tr> tag will signal to the browser to go to the next table row, but it is good practice to use the </tr> tag.

  align="..." horizontal alignment of the content of all cells within this row. values are left, right and center.
  valign="..." vertical alignment of all cells within this row. values are top, middle, bottom, and baseline.
  bgcolor="..." background color of all cells within this row that don't have their own bg color or background image.
  background="..." background image of all cells within this row that don't have their own bgcolor or background image.
  bordercolor="..." border color for this row (i.e. only).
  bordercolorlight="..." light border color for 3d look (i.e. only).
  bordercolordark="..." dark border color for 3d look (i.e. only).

<td>..</td>

  Defines the beginning and end of each  table data cell.

The <td></td> and <th></th> tags are enclosed or nested within the <tr></tr> tags.

  align="..." horizontal alignment of the cell content. values are left, right and center.
  valign="..." vertical alignment of the cell content. values are top, middle, bottom, and baseline.
  rowspan="..." the number of rows the cell will span.
  colspan="..." the number of columns the cell will span.
  nowrap doesn't automatically wrap the cell content.
  width="..." the width of this cell, expressed in pixels or percentage.
  bgcolor="..." background color of the cell.
  background="..." background image of the cell.
  bordercolor="..." border color of the cell (i.e. only).
  bordercolorlight="..." light border color for 3d look. (i.e. only)
  bordercolordark="..." dark border color for 3d look. (i.e. only)

<th>..</th>

  A special tag for cells that will act as table headers (or column headings): Information within these cells will be centered and in bold font. 

All of the attribute tags available with the <td></td> tags are available for use with the <th></th> tags.

Although intended as table headings, these tags can be used wherever you would use the <td></td> tags when you want text centered and in bold font.

<caption>..</caption>   Table captions can be added at the top or the bottom of the table by using the CAPTION tag.  The <caption> tag is placed  after the <TABLE> tag and before the first ROW tag.
 

align="BOTTOM"

Default caption alignment is top of the table to position the caption at the bottom use the align attribute.
 

    

Last updated on  10/19/2004  by L.M. Hicks