HTML::O...ableCol(3)

🎀 NAME 🎀

Okay so bestie, meet HTML::Object::DOM::Element::TableCol — the HTML Object DOM TableCol Class. It lives under User Contributed Perl Documentation, and in your terminal the header is the cute little HTML::O...ableCol(3). Table-column niche? Maybe. Main character energy? Absolutely. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here's the starter pack, copy-paste style:

           use HTML::Object::DOM::Element::TableCol;
           my $col = HTML::Object::DOM::Element::TableCol->new ||
               die( HTML::Object::DOM::Element::TableCol->error, "\n" );

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

v0.2.0 — that's the version, bestie. Periodt.

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Quick vibe check: this interface gives you special properties — beyond what the HTML::Object::DOM::Element interface gives you through inheritance — for manipulating single or grouped table column elements using the colgroup or col HTML tag.

The <colgroup> HTML element defines a group of columns within a table. The <col> HTML element defines a column within a table, and it's used for defining common semantics on all common cells. It's generally found within a <colgroup> element.

Here's the example, exactly as given:

           <table>
               <colgroup span="4">Countries information</colgroup>
                   <col>
                   <col class="economic">
                   <col span="2" class="people">
               </colgroup>
               <tr>
                   <th>Countries</th>
                   <th>Capitals</th>
                   <th>Population</th>
                   <th>Language</th>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                   <td>Japan</td>
                   <td>Tokyo</td>
                   <td>126 million</td>
                   <td>Japanese</td>
               </tr>
               <tr>
                   <td>Taiwan</td>
                   <td>Taipei</td>
                   <td>23 million</td>
                   <td>Traditional Chinese</td>
               </tr>
           </table>

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🧬 INHERITANCE 🧬

The family tree is giving legacy, and it goes like this:

           +-----------------------+     +---------------------------+     +-------------------------+     +----------------------------+     +--------------------------------------+
           | HTML::Object::Element | --> | HTML::Object::EventTarget | --> | HTML::Object::DOM::Node | --> | HTML::Object::DOM::Element | --> | HTML::Object::DOM::Element::TableCol |
           +-----------------------+     +---------------------------+     +-------------------------+     +----------------------------+     +--------------------------------------+

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💖 PROPERTIES 💖

Inherits properties from its parent HTML::Object::DOM::Element. Slay.

🌟 span 🌟

It's an unsigned long that reflects the span HTML attribute, indicating the number of columns to apply this object's attributes to. Must be a positive integer, no cap.

Mozilla documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableColElement/span

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🛠️ METHODS 🛠️

Inherits methods from its parent HTML::Object::DOM::Element. Easy.

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💀 DEPRECATED PROPERTIES 💀

Heads up: these are marked deprecated, so here's the full list anyway.

💀 align 💀

Is a string that indicates the horizontal alignment of the cell data in the column.

Mozilla documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableColElement/align

💀 ch 💀

Is a string representing the alignment character for cell data.

Mozilla documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableColElement/ch

💀 chOff 💀

Is a string representing the offset for the alignment character.

Mozilla documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableColElement/chOff

💀 choff 💀

Alias for chOff.

💀 vAlign 💀

Is a string that indicates the vertical alignment of the cell data in the column.

Mozilla documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableColElement/vAlign

💀 valign 💀

Alias for vAlign.

💀 width 💀

Is a string representing the default column width.

Mozilla documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableColElement/width

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jacques Deguest <jack@deguest.jp> — iconic.

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🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

• Mozilla documentation: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableColElement
• Mozilla documentation on tablecol element: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/tablecol

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📜 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE 📜

Copyright(c) 2022 DEGUEST Pte. Ltd.

All rights reserved

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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