TABLE Element | TABLE Object

Specifies that the contained content is organized into a table with rows and columns.

HTML Syntax

<TABLE
    ALIGN=CENTER | LEFT | RIGHT
    BACKGROUND=url
    BGCOLOR=color
    BORDER=n
    BORDERCOLOR=color
    BORDERCOLORDARK=color
    BORDERCOLORLIGHT=color
    CELLPADDING=n
    CELLSPACING=n
    CLASS=classname
    COLS=n
    DATAPAGESIZE=n
    DATASRC=#ID
    FRAME=ABOVE | BELOW | BORDER | BOX | INSIDES | LHS | RHS | 
        VOID | VSIDES
    HEIGHT=n
    ID=value
    LANG=language
    LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT  | VBS 
    RULES=ALL | COLS | GROUPS | NONE | ROWS
    STYLE=css1-properties
    TITLE=text
    WIDTH=n
    event = script
>

Remarks

The following tags are valid within a table: CAPTION, COL, COLGROUP, TBODY, TD, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, and TR.

While a document loads, modifications to a table are restricted until the window.onload event occurs. Read-only access is allowed at any time.

The TABLE object model is read-only for databound tables. For example, script used to remove a table row works correctly on an unbound table, but not on a databound table. The properties of a table object are still available, but changes to the bound data in a table must be made to the data source.

The properties of a table are distinct from the properties of cells contained within the table. For example, the offsetLeft property of a multicolumn table is not the same as the offsetLeft property of the left-most cell in the table. Refer to the appropriate object when writing scripts involving table and/or cell objects.

The TABLE element is a block element and requires a closing tag.

This element is available in HTML as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0, and in script as of Internet Explorer 4.0.

Members

TABLE Members

Styles

TABLE Styles

Example

This example uses the TABLE element with THEAD, TR, and TH to create a table with three rows and two columns.

<TABLE BORDER=1 WIDTH=80%>
<THEAD>
<TR>
<TH>Heading 1</TH>
<TH>Heading 2</TH>
</TR>
</THEAD>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD>Row 1, Column 1 text.</TD>
<TD>Row 1, Column 2 text.</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Row 2, Column 1 text.</TD>
<TD>Row 2, Column 2 text.</TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>

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