| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 4 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ | CH2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
Description
Unless a width is set, a
td (and the th) will take up only the width it requires (obviously this will
depend on the amount of content in each table cell). You can use the
width attribute in the context of the
col element to fix the column’s width to a value of
your choosing, regardless of the content of the table
cell.
Example
The
width attribute for each column is set to a larger
value than that of the column to its left:
<table border="1" cellpadding="5">
<col width="100"/>
<col width="150"/>
<col width="200"/>
<col width="250"/>
<tr>
<th colspan="4" scope="col">Work Contact Points</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Phone</th>
<th>Floor/Block</th>
</tr>
⋮
</table>
Value
This attribute takes as its value a number representing the width of the column element in pixels, or a percentage.
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Chrome | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
It causes no compatibility issues, and has excellent support across all tested browsers.
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