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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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