Defines cells which contain header data.
| abbr="text" | |||||||||
Gives an abbreviated form for the element within a cell. Used if the data will not fit into the cell, or for non-visual browsers. |
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| absheight=n | |||||||||
Defines the absolute height of the cell in pixels. |
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| abswidth=n | |||||||||
Defines the absolute width of the cell in pixels. |
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| align=alignment | |||||||||
Defines the horizontal alignment of the data within
the cell.
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| background="url" | |||||||||
Specifies a URL containing an image to be displayed as a background for the cell. If the image is smaller than the table the image will be tiled. |
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| bgcolor="color" | |||||||||
| The color for the background of the cell. | |||||||||
| bordercolor="color" | |||||||||
| The color of the border. Ignored if the BORDER attribute is missing or zero. | |||||||||
| bordercolordark="color" | |||||||||
| One of the colors for a 3D border. Ignored if the BORDER attribute is missing or zero. | |||||||||
| bordercolorlight="color" | |||||||||
| One of the colors for a 3D border. Ignored if the BORDER attribute is missing or zero. | |||||||||
| colspan=n | |||||||||
| Number of columns this cell spans. Default is one. Zero means span all columns. | |||||||||
| class=class | |||||||||
Indicates that the text is to be formatted using the specified class. |
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| dir=direction | |||||||||
Indicates the direction (right or left) that the text is to be displayed. Useful for languages which display left to right. |
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| event=JavaScript | |||||||||
| When event occurs, execute the specified JavaScript. | |||||||||
| gradangle=n | |||||||||
| Defines the gradient angle of a cell. May be from -90 to 90 degrees. 0 is a left-to-right angle and 90 is top to bottom. | |||||||||
| gradcolor="color" | |||||||||
| The ending color for a gradient. The starting color is the value for bgcolor. | |||||||||
| height="n" | |||||||||
Height of the cell in pixels. |
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| id = "name" | |||||||||
You can give a text a name, which allows it to be referenced and changed in a script (dynamic HTML). |
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| lang="lang" | |||||||||
| Indicates the language of the text within the text. | |||||||||
| nowrap | |||||||||
Use this to keep data within a table from wrapping if the width of the table is exceeded. |
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| rowspan=n | |||||||||
| Number of rows this cell spans. Default is one. Zero means span all rows. | |||||||||
| style="style" | |||||||||
Defines the style in which the text will be displayed. This overrides any style elements at an "outer" level, such as from the BODY or the Cascading Style Sheet. |
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| title="title" | |||||||||
You can give a text a title if you want. This provides some additional information about the text. I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you could. |
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| valign=n | |||||||||
Specifies the vertical alignment of the data within
the cells.
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| width="n" | |||||||||
Width of the cell in pixels or percentage. If the elements within the table are wider than the height, then the table is expanded so the elements fit. |
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<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Head 1</th>
<th colspan="2">Head 2</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1</td>
<td>Cell 2</td>
<td>Cell 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 4</td>
<td>Cell 5</td>
<td>Cell 6</td>
</tr>
</table>
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| Head 1 | Head 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cell 1 | Cell 2 | Cell 3 |
| Cell 4 | Cell 5 | Cell 6 |
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