HTML Table Attributes: Comprehensive Reference

HTML Table Attributes Reference

This document provides a reference for HTML table attributes.

Table Attributes

The following attributes can be used with the <table> element:

• border: Specifies the width of the table border.
• bordercolor: Specifies the color of the table border.
• bordercolorlight: Specifies the light color of the table border.
• bordercolordark: Specifies the dark color of the table border.
• height: Specifies the height of the table.
• width: Specifies the width of the table.
• cellspacing: Specifies the space between table cells.
• cellpadding: Specifies the space between the cell border and its content.
• align: Specifies the alignment of the table (CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT).
• bgcolor: Specifies the background color of the table.
• background: Specifies a background image for the table.

Table Row Attributes

The following attributes can be used with the <tr> element:

• align: Specifies the horizontal alignment of content within the row (CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT, JUSTIFY).
• valign: Specifies the vertical alignment of content within the row (TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, JUSTIFY).

Table Data and Header Cell Attributes

The following attributes can be used with the <td> (table data) and <th> (table header) elements:

• height: Specifies the height of the cell.
• width: Specifies the width of the cell.
• align: Specifies the horizontal alignment of content within the cell (CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT, JUSTIFY).
• valign: Specifies the vertical alignment of content within the cell (TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM, JUSTIFY).
• rowspan: Specifies the number of rows a cell should span.
• colspan: Specifies the number of columns a cell should span.

Example of using an image in a table cell:

<td><img src="URL"></td>