colspec
colspec — Specifications for a column in a table.
Synopsis
colspec ::=
- empty
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
- align (enumeration)
- “center”
- “char”
- “justify”
- “left”
- “right”
- char
- charoff (decimal)
- colname
- colnum (positiveInteger)
- colsep (enumeration)
- “0”
- “1”
- colwidth
- rowheader (enumeration)
- “firstcol”
- “headers”
- “norowheader”
- rowsep (enumeration)
- “0”
- “1”
Description
The attributes of this empty element specify the presentation characteristics of entries in a column of a table.
Each colspec
refers to a single column. Columns
are numbered sequentially from left to right in the table. If the
colnum
attribute is not specified,
the colspec
is for the next column after the
preceding colspec
or column 1 if it is the first
colspec
.
Processing expectations
Suppressed. This element is expected to obey the semantics of the CALS Table Model Document Type Definition [calsdtd].
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- align
Specifies the horizontal alignment of text in an entry.
Enumerated values: “center” Centered.
“char” Aligned on a particular character.
“justify” Left and right justified.
“left” Left justified.
“right” Right justified.
- char
Specifies the alignment character when
align
is set to “char” .- charoff
Specifies the percentage of the column's total width that should appear to the left of the first occurance of the character identified in
char
whenalign
is set to “char” .- colname
Provides a name for a column specification.
- colnum
The number of the column to which this specification applies. Must be greater than any preceding column number. Defaults to one more than the number of the preceding column, if there is one, or one.
- colsep
Specifies the presence or absence of the column separator
Enumerated values: “0” No column separator rule.
“1” Provide a column separator rule on the right
- colwidth
Specifies the width of the column.
- rowheader
Indicates whether or not the entries in the first column should be considered row headers
Enumerated values: “firstcol” Indicates that entries in the first column of the table are functionally row headers (analogous to the way that a thead provides column headers).
“headers” Indicates that row headers are identified by use of the headers attribute on entries in the table.
“norowheader” Indicates that entries in the first column have no special significance with respect to column headers.
- rowsep
Specifies the presence or absence of the row separator
Enumerated values: “0” No row separator rule.
“1” Provide a row separator rule below