| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 4 |
| IE5.5+ | FF2 | SA4 | OP9.2+ | CH2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | None | None | Full | None |
Syntax
Description
While it’s possible to set the
alignment of text at th and td
level—and alignment is well supported for those elements—it does mean
repeating the align attribute for every
row. Applying align to a col
element avoids this overhead (or rather, it should).
Example
This example shows text alignments
set on col elements:
<table border="1">
<col align="left"/>
<col align="center"/>
<col align="right"/>
<col/>
<tr>
<th colspan="4" scope="col">Work Contact Points</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Name sfdg sfg sdfg sdfg sdfg sfsgsdf gs</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Phone</th>
<th>Floor/Block</th>
</tr>
⋮
</table>
Value
The recognized attribute values are as shown in the syntax section.
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Chrome | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| Full | Full | Full | Full | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Full | Full | Full | None |
Compatibility for
col’s align attribute is very
poor, as the support chart shows (this time, it’s IE and Opera who are the
good guys!). As such, this attribute can’t be relied upon, nice as the
idea is.
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