HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Name
col
Synopsis
<col>
(XHTML:
<col/>
or
<col />
)
Establishesacolumn(orcolumnsviathe
span
attribute)withinatablesothatattributeproper-
ties may be applied to all the cells in the column(s). The
col
element does not group columns
structurally (that is handled by the
colgroup
element) but rather is an empty element that
allows attributes to be shared. The
col
element must appear after the
caption
element and
before any row (
tr
) or row group (
thead
,
tbody
,
tfoot
) elements with the
table
element.
Usage
Categories:
None
Permitted contexts:
As the child of a
colgroup
element that doesn't have a
span
attribute
Permitted content:
Empty
Start/end tags:
This is an empty (void) element, meaning it has only a start tag and may not have any con-
tents. In HTML, the end tag is forbidden. In XHTML, the element must be closed with a
trailing slash (
<col/>
or
<col />
).
Attributes
HTML5 Global Attributes
span="
number
number
"
Specifies the number of columns “spanned” by the
col
element. The default value is 1.
All columns indicated in the span are formatted according to the attribute settings in
col
.
