HTML <col> tag
HTML <col> tag is used to specify common column properties for each column within <colgroup> element in an HTML table.
The <col> tag is useful when it requires to apply common style rules for each column cell rather than applying individually.
Syntax
Note: In HTML <col> tag does not require a closing tag but in XHTML it require a closing </col> tag.
Following are some specifications about the HTML <col> tag
Display |
Inline |
Start tag/End tag |
Start tag(Empty tag) |
Usage |
HTML tables |
Example 1
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Output:
Attribute:
Tag-specific Attribute
Attribute |
Value |
Description |
align |
- left
- center
- right
- justify
- char
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It specifies the horizontal alignment of each column cell.
(Not supported in HTML5). |
char |
character |
It specifies the alignment of content based on Characters in a column. It will be ignored if align is not set to char. (Not supported in HTML5). |
charoff |
number |
It sets the number of characters to offset the column data from the alignment character specified by the char attribute. (Not supported in HTML5). |
span |
number |
It specifies the number of the columns which a element should contain. The default value of span attribute is 1. |
valign |
- top
- middle
- bottom
- baseline
|
It specifies the vertical alignment of the columns.
(Not supported in HTML5). |
width |
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It specifies the width of the column.
(Not supported in HTML5). |
Global Attribute
HTML <col> tag supports all Global attributes in HTML.
Event Attribute
HTML <col> tag supports all event attributes in HTML.
Supporting Browsers
Element | Chrome | IE | Firefox | Opera | Safari |
<col> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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