COLS Attribute | cols

HTML (DHTML)

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COLS Attribute | cols Property

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Sets or retrieves the number of columns in the table.

Syntax

HTML<TABLE COLS = iCount... >
ScriptingTABLE.cols [ = iCount ]

Possible Values

iCountInteger that specifies or receives the number of columns.

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

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

Specifying this number can speed up the processing of the table.

Example

This example uses the COLS attribute and the cols property to set the number of columns in HTML and retrieve the number of columns in script.

<SCRIPT>
function checkCols(oObject)
{
var iColumns = oObject.cols;
alert (iColumns);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE ID=oTable BORDER COLS=3 onclick="checkCols(this)">
<TR><TD>Column 1</TD><TD>Column 2</TD><TD>Column 3</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
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Standards Information

This property is a Microsoft extension to HTML Non-Microsoft link and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Non-Microsoft link.

Applies To

TABLE
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