Summary of Table Tags

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The <table> Tag
The <caption> Tag
The <colgroup> Tag
The <col> Tag
The <thead>, <tfoot> and <tbody> Tags
The <tr> Tag
The <td> and <th> Tags

The <table> Tag

<table> ... </table>

Attributes:
  width="pixels|percentage%"
  cellpadding="pixels"
  cellspacing="pixels"
  border="pixels"
  frame="void|above|below|hsides|lhs|rhs|vsides|box|border"
  rules="none|groups|rows|cols|all"
  align="left|center|right"          (Deprecated)
  valign="top|middle|bottom"         (Deprecated)
  bgcolor="color"                    (Deprecated)
  background="url"                   (Proprietary, IE & Netscape)
  bordercolor="color"                (Proprietary, IE & Netscape)
  bordercolorlight="color"           (Proprietary, IE only)
  bordercolordark="color"            (Proprietary, IE only)

Contents:
  Zero or one <caption>, followed by
  Zero or more <colgroup> and/or <col>, followed by
  Zero or one <thead>, followed by
  Zero or one <tfoot>, followed by
  One or more <tbody>

    If there is no <thead> or <tfoot>, <tbody> can be omitted
    and instead one or more <tr> included.

The <caption> Tag

<caption> ... </caption>

Attributes:
  align="top|bottom|left|right"      (Deprecated)
  valign="top|bottom"                (Proprietary, IE only)

Contents:
  Inline elements

The <colgroup> Tag

<colgroup> ... </colgroup>

Attributes:
  span="columns"
  width="pixels|percentage%|n*"
  align="left|center|right"          (Deprecated)
  valign="top|middle|bottom"         (Deprecated)
  bgcolor="color"                    (Proprietary, IE only)

Contents:
  Zero or more <col>

The <col> Tag

<col>    (Empty tag)

Attributes:
  span="columns"
  width="pixels|percentage%|n*"
  align="left|center|right"          (Deprecated)
  valign="top|middle|bottom"         (Deprecated)
  bgcolor="color"                    (Proprietary, IE only)

The <thead>, <tfoot> and <tbody> Tags

<thead> ... </thead>
<tfoot> ... </tfoot>
<tbody> ... </tbody>

Attributes:
  align="left|center|right"          (Deprecated)
  valign="top|middle|bottom"         (Deprecated)
  bgcolor="color"                    (Proprietary, IE only)

Contents:
  One or more <tr>

The <tr> Tag

<tr> ... </tr>

Attributes:
  align="left|center|right"          (Deprecated)
  valign="top|middle|bottom"         (Deprecated)
  bgcolor="color"                    (Deprecated)
  background="url"                   (Proprietary, Netscape only)

Contents:
  One or more <td> and/or <th>

The <td> and <th> Tags

<td> ... </td>
<th> ... </th>

Attributes:
  rowspan="number"
  colspan="number"
  align="left|center|right"          (Deprecated)
  valign="top|middle|bottom"         (Deprecated)
  width="pixels|percentage%"
  height="pixels"
  bgcolor="color"                    (Deprecated)
  background="url"                   (Proprietary, IE and Netscape)

Contents:
  Inline elements and block elements