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The <table> tag

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Definition and Usage

The <table> tag defines the start of a table. Inside a table row you can put table headers, table rows, and table cells.

Examples

This code: Produces this output:
<table border = "1">
<tr>
<td>Cell A</td>
<td>Cell B</td>
</tr>
</table>
Cell A Cell B

Optional Attributes

Attributes: Values: Description:
border pixels Size of  border around the cells
cellpadding pixels
%		 Space between the edge of the cell and the content
cellspacing pixels
%		 Space between cells
width %
pixels		 Table width
height %
pixels		 Deprecated. Do not use it
summary text Summary of this table for speech-synthesizing/non-visual browsers
bgcolor color Deprecated. Do not use it
background url Deprecated. Do not use it
align left
right		 Deprecated. Do not use it
frame void
above
below
hsides
lhs
rhs
vsides
box
border		 Parts of visible outside border. To make this attribute work, you must also specify the "border" attribute
rules none
groups
rows
cols
all
basic		 If there should be horizontal/vertical divider lines. To make this attribute work, you must also specify the "border" attribute

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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