JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

HTMLTableElement — a <table> in an HTML document

Availability

DOM Level 1 HTML

Inherits from/Overrides

Node → Element → HTMLElement → HTMLTableElement

Properties

HTMLTableCaptionElement caption

A reference to the <caption> element for the table, or null if there is none.

readonly HTMLCollection rows

An array (HTMLCollection) of HTMLTableRowElement objects that represent all the rows in the table. This includes all rows defined within <thead>, <tfoot>, and <tbody> tags.

readonly HTMLCollection tBodies

An array (HTMLCollection) of HTMLTableSectionElement objects that represent all the <tbody> sections in this table.

HTMLTableSectionElement tFoot

The <tfoot> element of the table, or null if there is none.

HTMLTableSectionElement tHead

The <thead> element of the table, or null if there is none.

In addition to the properties just listed, this interface defines the properties in the following table to represent the HTML attributes of the <table> element.

Property	Attribute	Description
deprecated String align	align	Horizontal alignment of table in document
deprecated String bgColor	bgcolor	Table background color
String border	border	Width of border around table
String cellPadding	cellpadding	Space between cell contents and border
String cellSpacing	cellspacing	Space between cell borders
String frame	frame	Which table borders to draw
String rules	rules	Where to draw lines within the table
String summary	summary ...