Sets or retrieves the group of cells in a table to which the object's information applies.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT SCOPE = sScope... >
Scripting	object.scope(v) [ = sScope ]

Possible Values

sScope

String that specifies or receives the group of cells to which the object's information applies.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

Remarks

This property can be used for rendering to non-visual media such as speech or Braille. It can also be used with style sheets.

The following table shows the possible values for this attribute as defined in HTML 4.0  for td and th elements are:

row	The current cell provides header information for its row.
col	The current cell provides header information for its column.
rowgroup	The header cell provides header information for its row.
colgroup	The header cell provides header information for its column.

This attribute may be used in place of the headers attribute.

There is no functionality implemented for this property unless defined by the author.

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 4.0  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

	TD, TH

See Also

headers