| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| Yes | HTML 2 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ | CH2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
Description
Unless otherwise specified in
CSS, a td will be transparent, and will allow whatever
background is on the page (or whatever color has been specified at a
higher level in the table) to show through. The presentational (and
deprecated) bgcolor attribute allows you to set a
background for specific td elements using a recognized
color name or hexadecimal value.
Example
A different
bgcolor is applied to several td
element in this table:
<tr> <td bgcolor="#99FFFF">Jane</td> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99">jane@megacorp.com</td> <td bgcolor="#99FFFF">777444</td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99">Alison</td> <td bgcolor="#99FFFF">alison@megacorp</td> <td bgcolor="#FFFF99">888652</td> </tr>
Value
This attribute
takes as its value a recognized color name (for example,
"blue" or "red"), or a value
specified in hexadecimal notation (such as "#003366").
Note that it’s not possible to use shorthand hexadecimal values
in HTML as you can in CSS—for example, you can’t express
"#cceeff" as
"#cef".
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 |
This attribute is now deprecated, and is highly presentational in its nature. The desired visual effects can all be achieved with CSS and, as such, this attribute shouldn’t be used—it’s presented here for informational purposes only.
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