24.3.2.3 Enumerating table column groups

To group table columns, table rows must be preceded by <colgroup> elements that determine the extent of each group:

[Tables]

; ColGroupElements = No (default) or Yes (to put out <colgroup>

; elements before first table row; needed to enable scope="colgroup")

ColGroupElements=No

This setting is intended primarily to support WAI interpretation using the WAI scope attribute; see §26 Identifying HTML table structure for WAI for more information. However, you can use this setting also to add CSS class attributes.

Mif2Go generates <colgroup> elements, but not <col> elements. The main use of <col> is to give a column a class attribute, so you can apply column-specific formatting (borders, shading) in CSS (see §22 Setting up CSS for HTML). To use <col> elements, specify them in [TableStartMacros] (see §24.6.1 Invoking macros around tables), and supply the needed attributes there. For example:

[TableStartMacros]

sometable=

<colgroup>

<col span="2" class="LeftSide" />

</colgroup>

<colgroup>

<col class="UnitPrice" />

<col class="MinQty" />

</colgroup>

If you provide your own <colgroup> and <col> elements this way, either set ColGroupElements=No (for all tables), or override ColGroupElements for those tables where you supply these elements; see §24.3.2.6 Overriding row and column group settings.

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