HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
the word
border
without a value results in a 1-pixel border, although this is not valid in
XHTML.
sortable
(
sortable="sortable"
in XHTML)
WHATWG & HTML5.1 only
. When present, it indicates the table's contents may be
sorted by column. It is used in conjunction with the
sorted
attribute on the
th
element,
which can be set manually or by the user agent when the user clicks a column.
Examples
A simple table with two rows (two
tr
elements) and three columns (three
td
elements in each
tr
):
<table>
<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>
The proper element order in the full table model (for details, see the
caption
,
tbody
,
thead
,
tfoot
,
colgroup
, and
col
element entries):
<table>
<caption>
Employee salaries and start dates
</caption>
<colgroup
id="employeeinfo"
>
<col
span="2"
>
<col
span="1"
>
</colgroup>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Employee</th><th>Salary</th><th>Start date</th>
</tr>
</thead>
