<col />

<col /> Description:

The <col /> tag defines and controls the appearance of a column within a column group.

<col /> Web Browser Support:

• Netscape 6, 7
• Mozilla 1
• Firefox 1
• Internet Explorer 4, 5, 6
• Opera 6, 7, 8
• Safari 1
• HTML 4.0
• XHTML 1.0
  Tables Module

<col /> Attributes:

• align (optional)
• char (optional)
• charoff (optional)
• class (optional)
• dir (optional)
• id (optional)
• lang (optional)
• onclick (optional)
• ondblclick (optional)
• onkeydown (optional)
• onkeypress (optional)
• onkeyup (optional)
• onmousedown (optional)
• onmouseout (optional)
• onmouseover (optional)
• onmouseup (optional)
• span (optional)
• style (optional)
• title (optional)
• valign (optional)
• width (optional)

<col /> End Tag:

<col /> Contents:

Nothing. <col /> is a singleton tag.

<col /> Valid Context:

The <col /> tag is valid within the following tags:
colgroup, table

<col /> Usage:

• a table using columns and colgroups

  <table rules="cols" width="200">
  <colgroup>
  <col align="center"> <col valign="bottom">
  </colgroup>
  <tr><td>
  column one should be aligned to the center of this column.
  </td><td>
  and the second to the bottom.
  </td></tr>
  </table>

• a 3-column table with two columns the same

  <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" width="400" height="100">
  <col span="2" align="right" />
  <tr>
  <td>this column will be aligned to the right, but not the bottom</td>
  <td>and so will this column</td>
  <td>but this one won't</td>
  </tr>
  </table>

<col /> Special Notes:

• The function of this tag is to provide more control over the look and feel of the individual columns in a table.
• Use this tag judiciously, as it's not well supported even in the browsers that support it.

More <col /> Information:

• Table Tricks

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