Web/API/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.

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Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLTableColElement.align '

Is a DOMString that indicates the horizontal alignment of the cell data in the column.

HTMLTableColElement.ch '

Is a DOMString representing the alignment character for cell data.

HTMLTableColElement.chOff '

Is a DOMString representing the offset for the alignment character.

HTMLTableColElement.span

Is an unsigned long that reflects the span HTML attribute, indicating the number of columns to apply this object's attributes to. Must be a positive integer.

HTMLTableColElement.vAlign '

Is a DOMString that indicates the vertical alignment of the cell data in the column.

HTMLTableColElement.width '

Is a DOMString representing the default column width.

Methods

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

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'HTMLTableColElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5.
HTML5The definition of 'HTMLTableColElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The span property is now an unsigned long.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML SpecificationThe definition of 'HTMLTableColElement' in that specification.	Obsolete	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 SpecificationThe definition of 'HTMLTableColElement' in that specification.	Obsolete	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
HTMLTableColElement	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
align Deprecated'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
ch Deprecated'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox No support No	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
chOff Deprecated'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox No support No	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
span	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
vAlign Deprecated'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
width Deprecated'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.'

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.

See also

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

HTMLTableColElement by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.