Tables
| Tag |
Purpose |
| <table> |
Defines a table |
The <table> defines a table. A table is a structural presentation of data using rows and columns. Inside a <table> tag you can put table headers, table rows, table cells, and other tables. This is the example of how to use <table> and result:
<table border="1">
<caption>this is the caption</caption>
<tr>
<th colspan="2">This is the header</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell A</td>
<td>Cell B</td>
</tr>
</table>
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this is the caption
| This is the header |
| Cell A |
Cell B |
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The "align" and "bgcolor" attributes of the table element are not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD. They can instead be defined in <style> or CSS.
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| <caption> |
Defines a table caption |
| It is used to define a table caption, the description of table. The <caption> tag must be inserted immediately after the <table> tag and must have only one caption per table. The caption will be centered above the table. Like <table>, "align" attribute cannot be used, it must define in <style> or CSS where other font declaration can be applied.
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| <th> |
Defines a table header |
| The <th> tag is used to create a headerfor the cells in a row in a table element. It provides a caption, name, or information about the column of cells as you wish to input. The header text will be displayed in a bold font style.
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| <tr> |
Defines a table row |
| The <tr> element is used to create a row in a table element. You can create as many rows as you wish. The <tr> tag should never appear inside of a <th>, <td>, or other <tr> tags.
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| <td> |
Defines a table cell |
| The <td> tag is used to create cells, in a table row, that contain the data you wish to display in the table. You may place as many data cells in a row.
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This tutorial is final project for INFSCI 2000, Fall 2004
Copyright 2004 School of Information Science, University of Pittsburgh