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by Ian Lloyd

width (HTML attribute)

Browser support full matrix
IE5.5+ FF1+ Saf1.3+ Op9.2+
Full Full Full Full
Spec
Depr. Version
No HTML 2
width="width in pixels or percentage"

Example

The width attribute set to "400" (pixels):

<table width="400">
 <tr>
  <th>Account Type</th>
  <th>Interest Rate</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Smart</td>
  <td>From 2%</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Young Saver</td>
  <td>From 1.6%</td>
 </tr>
</table>

Description

Unless a width is set, a table will take up only as much width as it requires (obviously this will very much depend on the amount of content in each of the table cells). Browser support for this attribute is excellent - whether the dimension is set as pixels or percentage - but, like many other attributes that the table element has, it is better to use CSS to set the table’s width.

Value

A number representing the width of the table in pixels or a percentage.

Compatibility

IE5.5Full
6.0Full
7.0Full
Firefox1.0Full
1.5Full
2.0Full
Safari1.3Full
2.0Full
3.0Full
Opera9.2Full
9.5Full

Causes no compatibility issues. It has excellent support across all tested browsers.

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