Set the background color of the three columns with the <colgroup> and <col> tags:
The <col> tag specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element.
The <col> tag is useful for applying styles to entire columns, instead of repeating the styles for each cell, for each row.
Element | |||||
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<col> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Most of the attributes in HTML 4.01 are not supported in HTML5.
In HTML the <col> tag has no end tag.
In XHTML, the <col> tag must be properly closed.
Attribute | Value | Description |
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align | left right center justify char |
Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the alignment of the content related to a <col> element |
char | character | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the alignment of the content related to a <col> element to a character |
charoff | number | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the number of characters the content will be aligned from the character specified by the char attribute |
span | number | Specifies the number of columns a <col> element should span |
valign | top middle bottom baseline |
Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the vertical alignment of the content related to a <col> element |
width | % pixels relative_length |
Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the width of a <col> element |
The <col> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
The <col> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
HTML DOM reference: Column Object
Most browsers will display the <col> element with the following default values: