HTML 4 col Tag

Also see HTML5 <col> Tag.

This page is for the HTML 4 version of this element. For a more up to date version, see HTML5 <col> Tag.

The HTML col tag is used for specifying column properties for each column within a colgroup.

You would normally only use this tag if the values for each column is different. Otherwise, you can specify the properties as part of the colgroup tag.

Also see HTML colgroup tag.

Example

Attributes

Attributes specific to this tag:
AttributeDescription
nameMarks an area of the page that a link jumps to.
spanSpecifies how many columns to span.
widthWidth of the column.
Other Attributes:
AttributeDescription
dirSpecifies the direction of the text
classDocument wide identifier.
idDocument wide identifier
langLanguage code
titleSpecifies a title to associate with the element. Many browsers will display this when the cursor hovers over the element (similar to a "tool tip").
styleInline style (CSS)
alignHorizontal alignment
valignVertical alignment
charSpecifies a character to use for aligning text to.
charoffSpecifies an alignment offset (either in pixels or percentage value) against the first character as specified with the char attribute.
onclickIntrinsic event (see event handlers)
ondbclickIntrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmousedownIntrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmouseupIntrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmouseoverIntrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmousemoveIntrinsic event (see event handlers)
onmouseoutIntrinsic event (see event handlers)
onkeypressIntrinsic event (see event handlers)
onkeydownIntrinsic event (see event handlers)
onkeyupIntrinsic event (see event handlers)

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HTML5 Tags

The information on this page is based on HTML version 4.01. Most modern browsers now support HTML5.

See HTML5 <col> Tag for the HTML5 version of the above element.

See this list of HTML tags for the latest list of HTML elements.

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