cols attribute | cols property

Sets or retrieves the number of columns in the table.

Syntax

HTML	`<element cols="nColumns" ... >`
JavaScript	`nColumns = object.cols`

Property values

Type: Integer

the number of columns.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5

Remarks

Specifying this number can speed up the processing of the table.

Windows Internet Explorer 8 will only render tables up to 1000 columns. To force Windows Internet Explorer 7 rendering mode, see How Do I Take Advantage of the New Features in Internet Explorer 8.

Examples

This example uses the cols attribute and the cols property to set the number of columns in HTML and retrieve the number of columns in script.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/cols.htm

JavaScript


<script type="text/javascript">
function checkCols(oObject)
{
    var iColumns = oObject.cols;
    alert (iColumns);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table id=oTable border cols="3" onclick="checkCols(this)">
<tr><td>Column 1</td><td>Column 2</td><td>Column 3</td></tr>
</table>