HTMLTableSectionElement

The HTMLTableSectionElement interface provides special properties and methods (beyond the HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating the layout and presentation of sections, that is headers, footers and bodies, in an HTML table.

Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLTableSectionElement.align

Is a DOMString containing an enumerated value reflecting the align attribute. It indicates the alignment of the element's contents with respect to the surrounding context. The possible values are "left", "right", and "center".

HTMLTableSectionElement.rows Read only

Returns a live HTMLCollection containing the rows in the section. The HTMLCollection is live and is automatically updated when rows are added or removed.

HTMLTableSectionElement.ch

Is a DOMString containing one single chararcter. This character is the one to align all the cell of a column on. It reflects the char and default to the decimal points associated with the language, e.g. '.' for English, or ',' for French. This property was optional and was not very well supported.

HTMLTableSectionElement.chOff

Is a DOMString containing a integer indicating how many characters must be left at the right (for left-to-right scripts; or at the left for right-to-left scripts) of the character defined by HTMLTableRowElement.ch. This property was optional and was not very well supported.

HTMLTableSectionElement.vAlign

Is a DOMString representing an enumerated value indicating how the content of the cell must be vertically aligned. It reflects the valign attribute and can have one of the following values: "top", "middle", "bottom", or "baseline".

Methods

Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLTableSectionElement.deleteRow()

Removes the cell at the given position in the section. If the given position is greater (or equal as it starts at zero) than the amount of rows in the section, or is smaller than 0, it raises a DOMException with the IndexSizeError value.

HTMLTableSectionElement.insertRow()

Inserts a new row just before the given position in the section. If the given position is not given or is -1, it appends the row to the end of section. If the given position is greater (or equal as it starts at zero) than the amount of rows in the section, or is smaller than -1, it raises a DOMException with the IndexSizeError value.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLTableSectionElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5.
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLTableSectionElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The parameter of insertCell is now optional.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'HTMLTableSectionElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The methods insertRow and deleteRow can raise exceptions.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLTableSectionElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The HTML elements implementing this interface: <tfoot>, <thead>, and <tbody>.