HTML Reference

HTML Table Help

Table Tag
Here is the HTML table help you have been looking for. The <table></table> tags are an extremely useful item. In essence, it can make a checker board pattern of many dimensions. Anything can go in any cell. This is a wonderful tool for page layouts.

Syntax
<TABLE width=xxx cellpadding=xx cellspacing=xx border=x
     bgcolor="#rrggbb" bordercolor="#rrggbb" align=position
     valign=position nowrap>
   <tr>
     <td>
       text-or-graphics
     </td>
   <tr>
</TABLE>

Modifiers

WIDTH=number: The width is the width of the table in either pixels or the percentage of the screen (ie; 80%).
ALIGN=position: The align modifier controls the location of an item that is shorter than the screen width. It can be LEFT, CENTER or RIGHT.
VALIGN=position: The valign modifier controls the vertical locations for the entire table.
BGCOLOR="color": Defines the background color.
CELLPADDING=number: The cellpadding modifier separates the borders from the text by a number of pixels.
CELLSPACING=number: The cellspacing modifier separates each cell from another by number of pixels.
BORDERCOLOR="color": The HTML table border color for the table.
NOWRAP: Do not wrap text without the <br> tag.

TR Table Tag The <tr></tr> tags control the rows within the table. It signifies the beginning of the next row.
Syntax `<TR bgcolor="#rrggbb" align=position valign=position` `rowspan=number``>` <td> text-or-graphics </td> `</TR>`
Modifiers ALIGN=position The align modifier controls the location of an item that is shorter than the screen width. It can be LEFT, CENTER or RIGHT. VALIGN=position The valign modifier controls the vertical locations for the current row. BGCOLOR="color" Defines the background color. ROWSPAN=number Makes the current cell the height of number cells. This is a very useful HTML table trick.

TH Table Tag The <th></th> tags define a cell as a table header. It makes a column but, makes bolder characters and automatically centers them.
Syntax `<TH width=xxx bgcolor="#rrggbb" align=position` `valign=position colspan=number``>` *text-or-graphics* `</TH>`
Modifiers WIDTH=number The width is the width of the cell in either pixels or the percentage of the screen (ie; 80%). ALIGN=position The align modifier controls the location of an item that is shorter than the screen width. It can be LEFT, CENTER or RIGHT. VALIGN=position The valign modifier controls the vertical locations for the cell. BGCOLOR="color" Defines the background color. COLSPAN=number Makes the current cell the width of number cells. This is a very useful HTML table trick.

TD Table Tag The <td></td> tags are the table data tag. It makes a column just like the <th></th> tags but, doesn't enhance any of the attributes.
Syntax `<TD width=xxx bgcolor="#rrggbb" align=position` `valign=position colspan=number``>` *text-or-graphics* `</TD>`
Modifiers WIDTH=number The width is the width of the cell in either pixels or the percentage of the screen (ie; 80%). ALIGN=position The align modifier controls the location of an item that is shorter than the screen width. It can be LEFT, CENTER or RIGHT. VALIGN=position The valign modifier controls the vertical locations for the cell. BGCOLOR="color" Defines the background color. COLSPAN=number Makes the current cell the width of number cells.

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