Tables

Tables are meant to display data in a tabular format. Tables are widely used for page layout purposes, but you can generally create any layout based on tables more simply with Cascading Style Sheets.

<caption>...</caption>

Usage	Displays a table caption.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
Deprecated	align="..."Controls alignment (left, center, right, justify).
Empty	No.
Notes	Optional. Used inside the table element.

<col>

Usage	Groups columns within column groups in order to share attribute values.
Start/End Tag	Required/IllegalSee note for XHTML 1.0 requirements.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
	span="..."The number of columns the group contains.
	width="..."The column width as a percentage, pixel value, or minimum value.
	align="..."Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char).
	char="..."Sets a character on which the column aligns.
	charoff="..."Offset to the first alignment character on a line.
	valign="..."Vertically aligns the contents of a cell (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	Yes.
Notes	In XHTML 1.0, this tag should take the XML form of <col /> to ensure compatibility with older browsers.

<colgroup>...</colgroup>

Usage	Defines two or more columns as a group.
Start/End Tag	Required/Optional (HTML); Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
	span="..."The number of columns in a group.
	width="..."The width of the columns.
	align="..."Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char).
	char="..."Sets a character on which the column aligns.
	charoff="..."Offset to the first alignment character on a line.
	valign="..."Vertically aligns the contents of a cell (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	No.

<table>...</table>

Usage	Creates a table.
Start/End Tag	Required/Required.
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
	width="..."Table width.
	cols="..."The number of columns.
	border="..."The width in pixels of a border around the table.
	frame="..."Sets the visible sides of a table (void, above, below, hsides, lhs, rhs, vsides, box, border).
	rules="..."Sets the visible rules within a table (none, groups, rows, cols, all).
	cellspacing="..."Spacing between cells.
	cellpadding="..."Spacing in cells.
Deprecated	align="..."Controls alignment (left, center, right, justify).
	bgcolor="..."Sets the background color.
Empty	No.

<tbody>...</tbody>

Usage	Defines the table body.
Start/End Tag	Optional/Optional (HTML); Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
	align="..."Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char).
	char="..."Sets a character on which the column aligns.
	charoff="..."Offset to the first alignment character on a line.
	valign="..."Vertically aligns the contents of cells (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	No.

<td>...</td>

Usage	Defines a cell's contents.
Start/End Tag	Required/Optional (HTML); Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
	axis="..."Abbreviated name.
	axes="..."axis names listing row and column headers pertaining to the cell.
	rowspan="..."The number of rows spanned by a cell.
	colspan="..."The number of columns spanned by a cell.
	align="..."Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char).
	char="..."Sets a character on which the column aligns.
	charoff="..."Offset to the first alignment character on a line.
	valign="..."Vertically aligns the contents of cells (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Deprecated	nowrap="..."Turns off text wrapping in a cell.
	bgcolor="..."Sets the background color.
	height="..."Sets the height of the cell.
	width="..."Sets the width of the cell.
Empty	No.

<tfoot>...</tfoot>

Usage	Defines the table footer.
Start/End Tag	Required/Optional (HTML); Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
	align="..."Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char).
	char="..."Sets a character on which the column aligns.
	charoff="..."Offset to the first alignment character on a line.
	valign="..."Vertically aligns the contents of cells (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	No.

<th>...</th>

Usage	Defines the cell contents of the table header.
Start/End Tag	Required/Optional (HTML); Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
	axis="..."Abbreviated name.
	axes="..."axis names listing row and column headers pertaining to the cell.
	rowspan="..."The number of rows spanned by a cell.
	colspan="..."The number of columns spanned by a cell.
	align="..."Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char).
	char="..."Sets a character on which the column aligns.
	charoff="..."Offset to the first alignment character on a line.
	valign="..."Vertically aligns the contents of cells (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Deprecated	nowrap="..."Turns off text wrapping in a cell.
	bgcolor="..."Sets the background color.
	height="..."Sets the height of the cell.
	width="..."Sets the width of the cell.
Empty	No.

<thead>...</thead>

Usage	Defines the table header.
Start/End Tag	Required/Optional (HTML); Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
	align="..."Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char).
	char="..."Sets a character on which the column aligns.
	charoff="..."Offset to the first alignment character on a line.
	valign="..."Vertically aligns the contents of cells (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	No.

<tr>...</tr>

Usage	Defines a row of table cells.
Start/End Tag	Required/Optional (HTML); Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	%coreattrs, %i18n, %events.
	align="..."Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char).
	char="..."Sets a character on which the column aligns.
	charoff="..."Offset to the first alignment character on a line.
	valign="..."Vertically aligns the contents of cells (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Deprecated	bgcolor="..."Sets the background color.
Empty	No.