| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 4 |
| IE8 | FF2 | SA4 | OP9.2+ | CH2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | None | None | Partial | None |
Syntax
valign=" { baseline | bottom | middle | top } "
Description
In a very similar manner to
this element’s align
attribute, the valign attribute allows you
to override the default vertical alignment for content inside table cells
related to the colgroup in
question.
Example
Here, the
valign is set to "bottom" for
cells that appear in the first two columns of the table:
<table border="1">
<colgroup width="60%" span="2" valign="bottom"/></colgroup>
<colgroup width="40%" span="2"/></colgroup>
<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
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 |
| None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Partial | Partial | Partial | None |
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