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HTML rules attribute

rules

The purpose of the HTML rules attribute is to specify which rulings (between rows and columns) are to be shown in a table.

Supported elements

HTML rules attribute supports table element.

Syntax

<table rules="value" >.....</table>

Type of value

rules.

Value

Values Description
all All rulings are shown.
cols Only column rulings are shown.
groups Only group rulings are shown.
none No rulings are shown.
rows Only row rulings are shown.

Default value

Default value of HTML rules attribute is all

Supported doctypes

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

Example of HTML rules attribute with table element

<!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 rules attribute with  table element</title>
</head>
<body>
<table width="200" border="1" cellpadding="2" rules="none">
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Result

html rules attribute with table element

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Example of HTML rules attribute with table element

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