setting table column attributes

[ppcguy]

is there a way to set table column attributes (e.g. background-color)
just once...as opposed to going into each <TD> for that column.

css preferable.

 

[Toby Inkster]

is there a way to set table column attributes (e.g. background-color)
just once...as opposed to going into each <TD> for that column.

No -- table inheritance only works for rows.

So you can, for example, set the background for every cell in a particular
row, like this:

<style type="text/css">
TR.yellowrow TD { background:yellow }
</style>

<tr class="yellowrow">
<td>a</td>
<td>b</td>
<td>c</td>
</tr>

However, you can use the <colgroup> and <col> elements near the top of
your table to set border colours, widths and styles, and default
alignments.

 

[David Dorward]

is there a way to set table column attributes (e.g. background-color)
just once...
No.

as opposed to going into each <TD> for that column.

css preferable.

Well you can set CSS properties, but they aren't attributes

http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=StylingColumns

 

[Neredbojias]

With neither quill nor qualm, ppcguy quothed:

is there a way to set table column attributes (e.g. background-color)
just once...as opposed to going into each <TD> for that column.

css preferable.

Yes if you class the td's and set class color in the style sheet. This
is assuming you want different colors for different columns.