AOLpress Help

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There are no longer major differences between the way tables are displayed in HTML 3.2 and Netscape modes. To see the details of the table designs below, place the cursor in the table you want to view and look in the Show HTML window. The window will scroll to the cursor's location. You can use the Show HTML option to see how these tables have been implemented.

Table Attributes

The table below should be 10 ems wide, divided equally between the columns.

The table below should be 80 pixels wide, divided equally between the columns.

The table below should be 40% of the screen width, divided equally between the columns.

The table below should be 1 inch wide, divided equally between the columns.

The table below should be 2.5 centimeters wide, divided equally between the columns.

The table below should have three columns, the first 5 ems wide (and left justified) the second 6 ems (and centered) and the third 4 ems (and right justified).

The table below should have three columns, the first twice as wide as the second which in turn is twice as wide as the third. It should stretch all the way across the screen.

This table should be on the left of the page.

This table should be centered

Netscape does not support the above mechanism, so perhaps you are better off doing this (which should also be centered, but is not good html)

This table should be on the right

Tables may have their columns grouped:

Or their rows grouped.

This table uses a Netscape specific tag to create cell padding.

AOLpress also supports the Frame attribute, which may be used to select which bits of the table border should be drawn.

And the RULES attribute which specifies which, if any, of the internal lines of the table get drawn

It is also possible only to draw lines around the major groups of the table

Tables can have captions, above

and below

Row attributes

Rows may be aligned horizontally

and vertically

Top	t1 t2
Middle	t1 t2
Bottom	t1 t2
Baseline	t1 t2
Default	middle

Cell Attributes

Cells may also be aligned vertically

Or horizontally

And may be split across several rows, or columns or both

Color and Width Extensions

Microsoft's Internet Explorer adds several colorful extensions. Netscape now supports several of these extensions, also.

A table may have a background color which is different from that of the page.

And then a cell within the table may have its own background

The color of the lines used to draw the borders may also be controlled.

And the light and shadow lines may have a different color

And each cell may do its own thing

Each cell may be assigned a certain pixel width

Obsolete, but supported mechanisms

The table below should have three columns, the first 10 ens wide (and left justified) the second 12 ens (and centered) and the third 8 ens (and right justified).

The table below should have three columns, the first twice as wide as the second which in turn is twice as wide as the third. It should stretch all the way across the screen.

How we fail to conform to the current table draft

• <CAPTION ALIGN=Left/Right> Not supported (treated as Top)
• <TABLE ALIGN=Left/Right> Text does not wrap around the table.
• <* ALIGN=CHAR> Not supported.
• <THEAD/TFOOT> are treated as <TBODY>

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