Wordprocessing Tables

Row Properties

Row-level properties are specified in <trPr>. Each property is a child element of <trPr>, and they affect all cells in the row, though they can be overridden by cell-level properties.

<w:trPr>

<w:trHeight w:val="1440" w:hRule="exact"/>

<w:jc w:val="end"/>

</w:trPr>

Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.4.82.

Note: Many properties which one might regard as row properties, such as borders, width, and shading, are not defined inside of the <trPr> element. For example, a table row <tr> may not contain a border definition inside its <trPr> element--only tables and tables cells may specify borders (<tblBorders> and <tcBorders>).

Instead, a row may define an exception to the table-level borders using the <tblPrEx> element. Other properties are defined at the table cell level. See Table Properties and Table Property Exceptions for table and other row properties (table property exceptions).

Word 2007 Example:


Table Row Properties

The most commonly used properties are shown below:

Elements/Properties:

Element	Description
cantSplit	If present, it prevents the contents of the row from breaking across multiple pages by moving the start of the row to the start of a new page. If the contents cannot fit on a single page, the row will start on a new page and flow onto multiple pages. Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.4.6.
hidden	Hides the entire row. (Note, however, that applications can have settings that allow hidden content to be displayed.) Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.4.20.
jc	Specifies the alignment of the row with respect to the text margins in the section. Note that this will only be apparent if the table does not have the same width as the document margins, as in the example above. The only attribute is val. The possible values for val are: * center * start Note: In the previous version of the standard, this element was left. * end Note: In the previous version of the standard, this element was right. Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.4.28.
tblCellSpacing	Specifies the default cell spacing (space between adjacent cells and the edges of the table) for cells in the row. E.g., `<w:tblCellSpacing w:w="144" w:type="dxa"/>`
tblHeader	Specifies that the current row should be repeated at the top each new page on which the table is displayed. E.g, `<w:tblHeader />`. This can be specified for multiple rows to generate a multi-row header. Note that if the row is not the first row, then the property will be ignored. This is a simple boolean property, so you can specify a val attribute of true or false, or no value at all (defalut value is true). Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.4.50.
trHeight	Specifies the height of the row. E.g, `<w:trHeight w:hRule="exact" w: val="2189" />`. If omitted, the row is automatically resized to fit the content. The attributes are: * hRule -- Specifies the meaning of the height. Possible values are atLeast (height should be at leasat the value specified), exact (height should be exactly the value specified), or auto (default value--height is determined based on the height of the contents, so the value is ignored). * val -- Specifies the row's height, in twentieths of a point. Note: The height of a row typically cannot be reduced below the size of the end of the cell marker. This prevents table rows from disappearing when they have no content. However, this makes it impossible to use a row as a border by shading its cells or putting an image in the cells. To overcome this problem, use the `<w:hideMark />` element within the `<w:tcPr />` of each cell in the row. See Hide End of Table Cell Mark Reference: ECMA-376, 3rd Edition (June, 2011), Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference § 17.4.81.

Attributes	Description
fo:background-color	Specifies a color for the background of the row.
fo:break-after	Specifies a break after the row. Possible values are auto, column, and page.
fo:break-before	Specifies a break before the row. Possible values are auto, column, and page.
fo:keep-together	Specifies when the row should be kept with the table. Possible values are auto and always.
style:min-row-height	Specifies a fixed minimum height for the row.
style:row-height	Specifies a fixed row height.
style:use-optimal-row-height	Specifies that a row height should be recalculated automatically if content in the row changes.

Related HTML/CSS Property:

<table 
cellspacing="20px"
 style="width: 100%; border-collapse:separate;">

<thead>

<tr>

<th>First column</th>

<th>Second Column</th>

<th>Third Colum</th>

</tr>

</thead>

<tbody>

<tr> . . .</tr>

<tr 
style="height:50px; text-align:right;"
> . . .</tr>

<tr> . . .</tr>

<tr 
style="display: none;"
> <td>JJJ</td><<td>KKK</td><<td>LLL</td></tr>

</tbody>

</table>

Note that Cellspacing cannot be applied at the row level in HTML.

CSS Example:

First column	Second column	Third column
AAA	BBB	CCC
DDD	EEE	FFF
GGG	HHH	III
JJJ	KKK	LLL

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Related Open Document Format (ODF) Property:

Related HTML/CSS Property:

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