Revision 538539 of HTMLTableColElement

<p>{{APIRef}}</p>
<p>The <strong><code>HTMLTableColElement</code></strong> interface provides special properties (beyond the {{domxref("HTMLElement")}} interface it also has available to it inheritance) for manipulating single or grouped table column elements.</p>
<h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2>
<p><em>Inherits methods from its parent, {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}</em>.</p>
<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Name</th>
   <th scope="col">Type</th>
   <th scope="col">Description</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td><code>align</code>&nbsp;{{obsolete_inline}}</td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
   <td>Indicates the horizontal alignment of the cell data in the column.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>ch</code>&nbsp;{{obsolete_inline}}</td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
   <td>Alignment character for cell data.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>chOff</code>&nbsp;{{obsolete_inline}}</td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
   <td>Offset for the alignment character.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>span</code></td>
   <td><code>unsigned long</code></td>
   <td>Reflects the {{htmlattrxref("span", "col")}} HTML&nbsp;attribute, indicating the number of columns to apply this object's attributes to. Must be a positive integer.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>vAlign</code>&nbsp;{{obsolete_inline}}</td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
   <td>Indicates the vertical alignment of the cell data in the column.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>width</code>&nbsp;{{obsolete_inline}}</td>
   <td>{{domxref("DOMString")}}</td>
   <td>Default column width.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Methods" name="Methods">Methods</h2>
<p><em>No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}</em>.</p>
<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
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 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
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   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', "tabular-data.html#htmltablecolelement", "HTMLTableColElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName("HTML5 W3C")}}.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', "tabular-data.html#htmltablecolelement", "HTMLTableColElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>The <code>span</code> property is now an <code>unsigned long</code>.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('DOM2 HTML', 'html.html#ID-84150186', 'HTMLTableColElement')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('DOM2 HTML')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName("DOM1")}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('DOM1', 'level-one-html.html#ID-84150186', 'HTMLTableColElement')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('DOM1')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<div>
 {{CompatibilityTable}}</div>
<div id="compat-desktop">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Chrome</th>
    <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
    <th>Internet Explorer</th>
    <th>Opera</th>
    <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop(1.0)}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td><code>ch</code> and <code>chOff</code></td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<div id="compat-mobile">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Android</th>
    <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
    <th>IE Phone</th>
    <th>Opera Mobile</th>
    <th>Safari Mobile</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile(1.0)}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td><code>ch</code> and <code>chOff</code></td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
 <li>The HTML element implementing this interface: {{HTMLElement("col")}} and {{HTMLElement("colgroup")}}.</li>
</ul>