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The TABLE Tag
Tags: Select tag ---------- Tag Reference ---------- A ABBREV ACRONYM ADDRESS APPLET AREA B BASE BASEFONT BGSOUND BIG BLOCKQUOTE BODY BR BUTTON CAPTION CENTER CITE CODE COL COLGROUP DD DEL DFN DIR DIV DL DT EM EMBED FONT FORM FRAME FRAMESET H1 - H6 HEAD HR HTML I IFRAME IMG INPUT INS ISINDEX KBD LI LINK LISTING MAP MARQUEE MENU META NOBR NOFRAMES NOSCRIPT OL OPTGROUP OPTION P PARAM PLAINTEXT PRE Q S SAMP SCRIPT SELECT SMALL SPACER SPAN SPOT STRIKE STRONG STYLE SUB SUP TABLE TBODY TD TEXTAREA TFOOT TH THEAD TITLE TR TT U UL VAR XMP
Name Table Description Defines a table.  It is possible to nest tables i.e. create another table within a cell. Tables can be used to show sets of data or to layout sections of the page - as used on this site. Attributes ALIGN Aligns the table - set to either 'left', 'center' or 'right'. BACKGROUND Sets the background picture for the table.  To show to an image on the same site use the local path e.g. src="button.gif" or src="folder/photo1.jpg".  You can also use dots to link to an image in the parent folder e.g. src="..\diagram.png".  To show a picture from another site, use the full URL e.g. src="http://www.martin2k.co.uk/tgflogo.gif". BGCOLOR Specifies the background colour of the table.  If the BACKGROUND attribute is also used, the image will cover the background colour unless the background image contains transparent areas. BORDER Sets the border width in pixels.  If set to 0, the borders will be hidden. BORDERCOLOR Specifies the border colour.  Style sheets should be used instead. BORDERCOLORDARK Specifies the border colour on the left and bottom.  Style sheets should be used instead. BORDERCOLORLIGHT Specifies the border colour on the right and top.  Style sheets should be used instead. CELLPADDING Specifies the number of pixels between the cell walls and the contents within. CELLSPACING Specifies the number of pixels between each cell. FRAME Specifies how the outer border is displayed.  The following values are valid: Value above below border box hsides lhs rhs void vsides The border attribute must also be set. HEIGHT Specifies the height of the table in pixels or per cent. RULES Specifies how the internal borders are displayed.  The following values are valid: Value all cols groups none rows The border attribute must also be set. WIDTH Specifies the width of the table in pixels or per cent. Defining Colours Colours can be defined in this format: #RRGGBB where the values are in hexadecimal format.  E.g. #FF0000 is red.  Colours can also be defined with words e.g. red. Related Tags The TR tag defines a row and the TD tag defines a cell. Other tags related to tables include TBODY, TFOOT, TH and THEAD. Example Code <table border="2" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="2" width="100%" bgcolor="#000000" bordercolor="#FF0000" bordercolordark="#800000" bordercolorlight="#FF8080"> <tr> <td>Top left cell</td> <td>Top middle cell</td> <td>Top right cell</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> Generates Top left cell Top middle cell Top right cell             Please fill in the below form if you have any comments or additional information you want to add about the above information.  If you have any questions, please visit the Forum.  Any questions sent using this form will be ignored. * - Mandatory *Name: E-mail: *Comments: *Please type the following code (your comment cannot be accepted without it): © Martin Allen 1999 - 2006.  Last updated Thursday 09 November 2006 10:06:45 PM -0000.