The <col> tag

Definition and Usage

Defines the attribute values for one or more columns in a table. You can only use this element inside a colgroup. Use this element when you want to specify different attribute values to a column inside a colgroup. Without a col element a column will inherit all its attribute values from the column group.

Tips and Notes

Note: The col element is an empty element that contains attributes only. To create columns, you must specify td elements within a tr element.

Note: The end tag is forbidden.

Examples

This code:

Produces this output:

This example shows a colgroup that has three columns of different widths:
<table border="1">
<colgroup span="3">
<col width="20">
<col width="50">
<col width="80">
</colgroup>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
</table>

This example shows a colgroup that has three columns of different widths:

Optional Attributes

Attributes:	Values:	Description:
span	number	The number of columns the col should span
width	% pixels relative_length	Sets the width of the column, and overrides any width set in the colgroup
align	right left center justify char	The horizontal alignment of the content in the table cell, in the column
char	character	Specifies which character that must be used to center the text around, when you have specified align="char"
charoff	pixels %	Specifies an offset that must be used when you have set align="char". This offset is added to the position where the character to center around is
valign	top middle bottom baseline	The vertical alignment of the content in the table cell, in the column

Standard Attributes

id, class, title, style, dir, lang

For a full description, go to Standard Attributes.

Event Attributes

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

For a full description, go to Event Attributes.

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