TABLE tabular presentation of information XHTML 1.01 Strict

table

Purpose

tabular presentation of information

Description

This element is used to create tables of information.

Start tag

Required <table>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
border	CDATA	#IMPLIED	integer representing length in pixels; controls frame width around table
cellpadding	CDATA	#IMPLIED	nn for pixels or nn% for percentage length; spacing within cells
cellspacing	CDATA	#IMPLIED	nn for pixels or nn% for percentage length; spacing between cells
class	CDATA	#IMPLIED	space-separated list of classes
dir	( ltr \| rtl )	#IMPLIED	direction for weak/neutral text
frame	( void \| above \| below \| hsides \| lhs \| rhs \| vsides \| box \| border )	#IMPLIED	which parts of frame to render
id	ID	#IMPLIED	document-wide unique id
lang	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (backwards compatible); language code as RFC3066
onclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was clicked; script expression
ondblclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was double clicked; script expression
onkeydown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was pressed down; script expression
onkeypress	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was pressed and released; script expression
onkeyup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a key was released; script expression
onmousedown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was pressed down; script expression
onmousemove	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved within; script expression
onmouseout	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved away; script expression
onmouseover	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer was moved onto; script expression
onmouseup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	a pointer button was released; script expression
rules	( none \| groups \| rows \| cols \| all )	#IMPLIED	defines which rules to draw between cells; if rules is absent then assume "none" if border is absent or border="0" otherwise "all"; rulings between rows and cols
style	CDATA	#IMPLIED	associated style info; style sheet data
summary	CDATA	#IMPLIED	text used for titles; purpose/structure for speech output
title	CDATA	#IMPLIED	advisory title; text used for titles
width	CDATA	#IMPLIED	nn for pixels or nn% for percentage length; table width
xml:lang	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (as per XML 1.0 spec); language code as RFC3066

Content

( caption ?, ( col *| colgroup *), thead ?, tfoot ?, ( tbody +| tr +))

End tag

Required </table>

Referenced in

blockquote body button dd del div fieldset form ins li map noscript object td th

Example

Source

Appearance

<table frame="box" rules="groups" summary="The Results of the Big XHTML Playoffs.">
<caption>The XHTML Playoffs</caption>
<colgroup align="center">
<col />
<col style="background-color: #FFFFAA;" />
<col style="background-color: #BDFCC9;" /></colgroup>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Game</th>
<th>Elements</th>
<th>Entities</th></tr></thead>
<tfoot style="background-color: #05FFFF;">
<tr>
<td colspan="3">Entities Win!</td></tr></tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>0</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>4</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>8</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>9</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td></tr></tbody></table>
<table border="1" width="100%">
<caption>Weekly Schedule</caption>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">Tasks</th>
<th colspan="7" style="background-color: #FFFFAA;">Days of the Week</th></tr>
<tr>
<th>Mon</th>
<th>Tue</th>
<th>Wed</th>
<th>Thu</th>
<th>Fri</th>
<th>Sat</th>
<th>Sun</th></tr>
<tr>
<th>School</th>
<td> </td>
<td>CS111</td>
<td> </td>
<td>CS111</td>
<td> </td>
<td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background-color: #05FFFF;">Off</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>Work</th>
<td colspan="2">december.com</td>
<td colspan="3">Weekend Prep</td></tr></table>

The XHTML Playoffs
Game	Elements	Entities
Entities Win!
1	3	0
2	5	4
3	2	8
4	7	9
5	0	1

Weekly Schedule
Tasks	Days of the Week
Tasks	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
School		CS111		CS111		Off
Work	december.com		Weekend Prep			Off