Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

VALIGN — NN n/a IE 3 HTML 4

Synopsis

VALIGN=”alignmentConstant"

Optional

Determines the vertical alignment of content within cells of the column(s) covered by the COLGROUP element. You can override the vertical alignment for a particular cell anywhere in the column.

Example

<COLGROUP VALIGN="middle">

Value

Four constant values are recognized by both IE 4 and HTML 4: top | middle | bottom | baseline. With top and bottom, the content is rendered flush (or very close to it) to the top and bottom of the table cell. Set to middle (the default), the content floats perfectly centered vertically in the cell. When one cell’s contents might wrap to multiple lines at common window widths (assuming a variable table width), it is advisable to set the VALIGN attributes of all cells in the same row (or all COLGROUP elements) to baseline. This assures that the character baseline of the first (or only) line of a cell’s text aligns with the other cells in the row—usually the most aesthetically pleasing arrangement.

Default

middle

Object Model Reference

IE

[window.]document.all.elementID.vAlign