HTML <col> char Attribute

Example

In the example below, the content of the second column should be aligned to the “.” character:

<table style=”width:100%”>
<col align=”left”>
<col align=”char” char=”.”>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$10.00</td>
</tr>
</table>

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Definition and Usage

The <col> char attribute is not supported in HTML5.

The char attribute specifies the alignment of the content related to a <col> element, to a character.

The char attribute can only be used if the align attribute is set to “char”.

The default value of char is the decimal-point character of the page language.


Browser Support

Attribute
char Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported

Syntax

<col char=”character“>

Attribute Values

Value Description
character Specifies the character to align the content to

Post Author: Zahid Farid