HTML Tag: col

Column. Specifies attributes to be applied to a table column. Commonly used to apply CSS to a column. Must be used within a colgroup element.

Required Attributes

None.

Optional Attributes

span can be used to specify a number of columns.
align can be used to horizontally align the cells within the column. The value can be left, center, right, justify or char.
valign can be used to vertically align the cells within the column. The value can be top, middle, bottom or baseline.
char can be used to specify a character with which cells will align, such as a decimal point. It is not supported by any major browser.
charoff can be used to specify the number of pixels the alignment should be offset from the char character. It is not supported by any major browser.
Common attributes

Example


<table>
	<colgroup>
		<col class="column1" />
		<col class="column2" />
		<col class="columns3and4" span="2" />
	</colgroup>
	<tr>
		<th>lime</th>
		<th>lemon</th>
		<th>orange</th>
		<th>blood orange</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>8</td>
		<td>7</td>
		<td>12</td>
		<td>5</td>
	</tr>
	...
</table>