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HTML DOM Table Object


Table Object

The Table object represents an HTML table.

For each instance of a <table> tag in an HTML document, a Table object is created.

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

Table Object Collections

Collection Description IE  F O W3C
cells[] Returns an array containing each cell in a table 5 1 1 No
rows[] Returns an array containing each row in a table 4 1 9 Yes
tBodies[] Returns an array containing each tbody in a table 4     Yes

Table Object Properties

Property Description IE  F O W3C
border Sets or returns the width of the table border 4 1 9 Yes
caption Sets or returns the caption of a table 4 1 9 Yes
cellPadding Sets or returns the amount of space between the cell border and cell content 4 1 9 Yes
cellSpacing Sets or returns the amount of space between the cells in a table 4 1 9 Yes
frame Sets or returns the outer-borders of a table 4 1 9 Yes
id Sets or returns the id of a table 4 1 9 Yes
rules Sets or returns the inner-borders of a table 4 1 9 Yes
summary Sets or returns a description of a table 6 1 9 Yes
tFoot Returns the TFoot object of a table 4 1 9 Yes
tHead Returns the THead object of a table 4 1 9 Yes
width Sets or returns the width of a table 4 1 9 Yes

Standard Properties

Property Description IE  F O W3C
className Sets or returns the class attribute of an element 5 1 9 Yes
dir Sets or returns the direction of text 5 1 9 Yes
lang Sets or returns the language code for an element 5 1 9 Yes
title Sets or returns an element's advisory title 5 1 9 Yes

Table Object Methods

Method Description IE F O W3C
createCaption() Creates a caption element for a table 4 1 9 Yes
createTFoot() Creates an empty tFoot element in a table 4 1 9 Yes
createTHead() Creates an empty tHead element in a table 4 1 9 Yes
deleteCaption() Deletes the caption element and its content from a table 4 1 9 Yes
deleteRow() Deletes a row from a table 4 1 9 Yes
deleteTFoot() Deletes the tFoot element and its content from a table 4 1 9 Yes
deleteTHead() Deletes the tHead element and its content from a table 4 1 9 Yes
insertRow() Inserts a new row in a table 4 1 9 Yes



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