Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

col

Synopsis

<col />

Specifies properties for a column (or group of columns) within a column group (colgroup). Columns can share attributes (such as text alignment) without being part of a formal structural grouping.

Attributes

Core(id, class, style, title), Internationalization, Events, Alignment attributes: align, char, charoff, valign (see tbody entry for descriptions)

span=" number "

Specifies the number of columns “spanned” by the col element. The default value is 1. All columns indicated in the span are formatted according to the attribute settings in col.

width=" pixels, percentage, n *"

Specifies the width of each column spanned by the col element. Width can be measured in pixels or percentages, or defined as a relative size (*). For example, 2* sets the column two times wider than the other columns; 0* sets the column width at the minimum necessary to hold the column’s contents. The width attribute in the col element overrides the width settings of the containing colgroup element.