Attributes for <TABLE ...>
BORDERCOLOR = color expression
BORDERCOLORDARK = color expression
BORDERCOLORLIGHT = color expression
| Usage Recommendation |
|---|
| use it, but don't rely on it |
BORDERCOLOR,
BORDERCOLORLIGHT, and
BORDERCOLORDARK set the colors of table borders.
Netscape and MSIE both recognize
BORDERCOLOR, but currently only MSIE recognizes
BORDERCOLORLIGHT, and
BORDERCOLORDARK.
BORDERCOLOR sets the color of all the borders for the table. So, for example, this code creates a table with red borders:
<TABLE BORDER=10 BORDERCOLOR=RED>
which gives us this table:
| blah blah | yeah yeah |
| whatever | right on! |
Note that none of these attributes work unless you set the border size with
BORDER.
MSIE and Netscape render border colors quite differently. MSIE sets all the borders to the indicated color. Netscape gives the table a 3-D appearance by setting the left and top borders to a lighter shade than the bottom and right borders. Here's a comparison of the renderings:
| Browser | How The Table Appears |
| MSIE |  |
| Netscape |  |
MSIE allows you to individually set the light and dark borders with
BORDERCOLORLIGHT, and
BORDERCOLORDARK. For example, this code sets the light borders (top and left outside, bottom and right inside) borders to purple, and the dark borders (bottom and right outside, top and left insde) to green:
<TABLE BORDER=10 BORDERCOLORLIGHT=PURPLE BORDERCOLORDARK=GREEN>
which gives us this table:
| blah blah | yeah yeah |
| whatever | right on! |
If you use BORDERCOLORLIGHT, and
BORDERCOLORDARK then MSIE ignores
BORDERCOLOR. This behaviour allows you to set colors for browsers that only recognize BORDERCOLOR as well as those that recognize all three. So, for example, the following code sets a table with blue borders for those browsers that only recognize
BORDERCOLOR, and sets the light borders to blue and the dark borders to a darker blue for those browsers that recognize BORDERCOLORLIGHT, and BORDERCOLOR.
<TABLE BORDER=10
BORDERCOLOR=BLUE
BORDERCOLORLIGHT=BLUE BORDERCOLORDARK=#000099>
which gives us
| blah blah | yeah yeah |
| whatever | right on! |
.
