Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

<table> — NN 2, 3, 4, 6 MSIE 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6 HTML 4.01 WebTV Opera5

Synopsis

<table>...</table>

Defines the beginning and end of a table. The end tag is required, and its omission may cause the table not to render in some browsers.

Attributes

align=left|right|center

Deprecated. Aligns the table within the text flow (same as align in the <img> tag). The default alignment is left. The center value is not universally supported, so it is more reliable to center a table on a page using tags outside the table (such as <center> or <div>).

background= url

Nonstandard. Specifies a graphic image to be tiled in the background of the table. In Internet Explorer 3.0 and higher, the image tiles behind the entire table. In Netscape Navigator 4.0, the tile repeats in each individual cell (although its support is not officially documented).

bgcolor=" #rrggbb " or color name

Specifies a background color for the entire table. Value is specified in hexadecimal RGB values or by color name (see Chapter 16 for more information on specifying colors in HTML).

border= number

Specifies the width (in pixels) of the border around the table and its cells. Set it to border=0 to turn the borders off completely. The default value is 1. Adding the word border without a value results in a 1-pixel border.

cellpadding= number

Sets the amount of space, in number of pixels, between the cell border and its contents. The default value is 1. For more information, see xxx the “Space Between Cells” section ...