border

table
tr
td

Thickness of a visible border.

table: When the border attribute is missing, the table will not show a border, but the space for a border is there. border="0" makes the border vanish and the space for a border is gone, too.

cellpadding

table

White space between cell border and cell contents. Values are in pixels. Default is 1

cellspacing

table

White space between cells. If cells have borders, this creates a gap between the lines.

Values are in pixels. The default value is 2.

width

height

table

td

table: a number of pixels or a percentage of the window size. Height is rarely set on purpose. WYSIWYG programs may set height automatically.

td: a number of pixels or a percentage of the table size for width and of window size for height.

align

table
tr
td

table: Aligns whole table on the page. Value can be only left or right. Text will wrap around the table. Some browsers do not support this property for table.

To center a table you must use a trick. Surround the table with a centered division tag plus a deprecated CENTER tag:

<div align="center"><center>  </center></div>

tr or td: Aligns contents of cells. Value can be left , right , or center.

valign

table
tr
td

Aligns the contents of each cell vertically in the cell. Values can be top , middle , bottom, or baseline . Some browsers do not support this attribute for table.

rowspan

colspan

td

Sets how many rows or columns the cell should span. rowspan ="3" is like merging three cells in the same column. colspan ="2"  is like merging two cells in the same row.

bgcolor

table
tr
td

Sets the background color. Values are color numbers #rrggbb or color names.

background

table

td

Sets a background image. Value is the URL for the image. Netscape also accepts this attribute for tr.

bordercolor

bordercolorlight

bordercolordark

table
tr
td