HTML axis attribute

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:38 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

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The purpose of the HTML axis attribute is to specify a comma-separated list of category names for a table cell or table header cell.

Supported elements

HTML axis attribute supports td and th elements.

Syntax

<ElementName axis="value" >.....</ElementName>

Type of value

Type of value of HTML axis attribute is a sequence of character data.

Value

Names of the table head or row categories.

Default value

There is no default value of HTML axis attribute.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of HTML axis attribute with td and th

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML axis attribute with td and th</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th axis="State">Country</th>
<th axis="Capital">Capital of the Country</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td axis="State">USA</td>
<td axis="City">Washington,D.C.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td axis="State">UK</td>
<td axis="City">London</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of HTML axis attribute with td and th.

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