HTMLTableColElement

The HTMLTableColElement interface provides special properties (beyond the HTMLElement interface it also has available to it inheritance) for manipulating single or grouped table column elements.

Properties

Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Name	Type	Description
align	DOMString	Indicates the horizontal alignment of the cell data in the column.
ch	DOMString	Alignment character for cell data.
chOff	DOMString	Offset for the alignment character.
span	unsigned long	Reflects the span HTML attribute, indicating the number of columns to apply this object's attributes to. Must be a positive integer.
vAlign	DOMString	Indicates the vertical alignment of the cell data in the column.
width	DOMString	Default column width.

Methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLTableColElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5.
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLTableColElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The span property is now an unsigned long.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'HTMLTableColElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLTableColElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The HTML element implementing this interface: <col> and <colgroup>.