<col> tag in HTML
The <col> tag used to specifies properties of each column within a <colgroup> element. It is very useful for applying styles to entire columns, instead of repeating the styles for each cell.
Important Description
- The <col> tag is empty tag, it means <col> tag has no end tag.
- The <col> tag must be closed in XHTML.
- Most of the attributes in HTML 4.01 are not supported in HTML5.
Example of <col> Tag
Result Look Like
| Title |
Descriptions |
| HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language |
| CSS |
Cascading Style Sheets |
<col> Tag Browser Support
| Element |
Chrome |
Edge |
Firefox |
Safari |
Opera |
| <col> |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Global Attributes
Event Attributes
Attributes
| Attribute |
Value |
Description |
| align |
right
left
center
justify
char |
Defines horizontal alignment, not supported in HTML5. |
| char |
character |
Defines a character to use to align text on (use with align = "char"), not supported in HTML5. |
| charoff |
number |
Specifies the number of characters the content will be aligned from the character by the char attribute, not supported in HTML5. |
| span |
number |
Specifies the number of columns a <col> element should span |
| valign |
top
middle
bottom
baseline |
Specifies the vertical alignment of the content related to a <col> element, not supported in HTML5. |
| width |
%
pixels
relative_length |
Specifies the width of a <col> element, not supported in HTML5. |