Example
In the example below, the content of the second column is aligned two characters to the right from the "." character:
<table style="width:100%">
<colgroup align="left"></colgroup>
<colgroup align="char" char="." charoff="2"></colgroup>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$10.00</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Definition and Usage
The <colgroup> charoff attribute is not supported in HTML5.
The charoff attribute sets the number of characters the content will be aligned from the character specified by the char attribute.
The charoff attribute can only be used if the char attribute is specified and the align attribute is set to "char".
Browser Support
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| charoff | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
Syntax
<colgroup charoff="number">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| number | Specifies the alignment. Positive numbers specifies alignment to the right of the character. Negative numbers specifies alignment to the left of the character. |