cols
NOT VALID
This is an invalid attribute, and is only loosely supported by some browsers. There is no alternative to it.
frame
This attribute modifies the lines that surround the table. The default is box, or all four sides. The other options are void which removes all lines, above, below, rhs, and lhs put lines on the top, bottom, and sides. hsides draws lines on the top and bottom (horizontal) and vsides draws the left and right sides.
<table frame="below">
<tr><td style="font-size : 10pt;">This table has a frame on the bottom.</td></tr>
</table>
height
NOT VALID
The height attribute sets the minimum height for a table, but it is not valid XHTML. Instead, you should use CSS to determine the height.
<table style="height: 3em;" border="1">
<tr><td>This table is at least 3 ems high.</td></tr>
</table>
hspace and vspace
NOT VALID
These attributes add additional space to the sides of the table. However, this is best set with the margin style property.
<table style="margin: 20px 40px" border="1">
<tr><td>This table has a vspace of 20 pixels and an hspace of 40 pixels.</td></tr>
</table>
nowrap
NOT VALID
The nowrap attribute allows you to force a table to be wider than the width of the browser window, even if it would normally wrap there. This is an invalid attribute, but can be replaced with the white-space style property. You must use this style on each cell, rather than the table as a whole. The text will only wrap to a new line when there is a br or p tag.
<table border="1">
<tr><td style="white-space: nowrap;">This table cell has been set to not wrap.</td></tr>
</table>
style
This tag creates an inline style for the table, overriding any other style rule in effect.
rules
This attribute determines which borders will appear between cells. You can choose rows (rows), columns (cols), none or all. The default is none.
<table style="width:50%;" rules="rows">
<tr>
<td style="font-size : 10pt;">This 4x4 table has</td>
<td style="font-size : 10pt;">the rows not columns</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-size : 10pt;">outlined with the</td>
<td style="font-size : 10pt;">rules attribute.</td>
</tr>
</table>
valign
NOT VALID
This attribute sets the vertical alignment of the cells in the table. It is better to use the vertical-align style to get this effect. However, you have to set it on every cell in the table, rather than the table as a whole.
<table border="1">
<tr><td style="vertical-align: bottom;">The text in this cell will be aligned at the bottom of the cell.</td>
<td>This cell will be normal</td></tr>
</table>
width
If you want your table to have a pre-set width, then you should use the width attribute. You can also use style sheets - either is valid, but you have a little more control using style sheets.
<table width="80%" border="1">
<tr><td>This table is 80% of the width of the container it's in.</td></tr>
</table>
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