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HTML Table Attribute Support
There are several HTML table attributes that Arbortext Editor either does not support or partially supports. The following table lists all attributes and their level of support. Attributes that are allowed on multiple HTML table tags are only shown once. Attributes that have no effect on display are omitted from the table.
Table 20. Attribute Support for HTML Tables
Attribute
Supported
Comments
table element. This element is visible when the table is displayed graphically (when View > Tables > Table Markup is not selected).
width
YES
border
YES
Border and rule settings (which are affected by the border, frame, and rules attributes) match the behavior of current browsers. This may not match behavior in older browsers.
frame
YES
rules
YES
cellspacing
YES
Support for pixel units only; ignored if specified in percent.
cellpadding
YES
Support for pixel units only; ignored if specified in percent.
align
NO
Deprecated.
bgcolor
YES
style
NO
dir
YES
When set to a value of “rtl” the table's columns are displayed right to left.
caption element.
align
NO
This element is visible when a table is displayed graphically (when View > Tables > Table Markup is not selected).
colgroup and col elements
width
YES
Arbortext Editor interprets a setting of 0* as 1*. The setting of 0* means to use the minimum width necessary to show the contents. In Arbortext Editor, table and column widths are computed independently of cell contents.
span
YES
th or td
rowspan
YES
Arbortext Editor ignores a setting of 0, which would span until the last row in the row group.
colspan
YES
Arbortext Editor ignores a setting of 0, which would span until the last column in the column group.
align
YES
char
YES
charoff
YES
valign
YES
Arbortext Editor does not support the baseline value, which aligns all cells in the row such that their first text line occurs on a common baseline.
nowrap
NO
Deprecated.
bgcolor
YES
width
YES
This value is used only if there is no width setting on the corresponding col or colgroup tag. Arbortext Editor never sets this value, using a setting on the col tag instead. If this setting is specified as a percent, it is ignored.
height
YES
If this setting is specified as a percent, it is ignored.