Journal Publishing Tag Library 1.1

charoff

Table Character Offset (XHTML table model; OASIS table model)

Definition

See documentation for the HTML 4.0 (XHTML) table model or OASIS (CALS) Exchange table model (XML version), dependent upon the element involved.

Horizontal offset from the alignment character specified by the char attribute; the percent of the current column width to the left of the (left edge of the) alignment character. (OASIS Table Model).

Remarks

Alignment on a particular character requires that three attributes be set in the document:

  1. The align attribute value is set to the word “char”.
  2. The char attribute value is set to the actual character to use for the aligning, for example, a decimal point, “.”.
  3. The charoff attribute value is set to the percent of the current column width to the left of the (left edge of the) alignment character, for example, “30”.

Attribute Values

In Elements

<col> Table Column (XHTML table model)
<colgroup> Table Column Group (XHTML table model)
<tbody> Table Body (XHTML table model)
<td> Table Data Cell (XHTML table model)
<tfoot> Table Footer (XHTML table model)
<th> Table Header Cell (XHTML table model)
<thead> Table Header (XHTML table model)
<tr> Table Row (XHTML table model)
Value Meaning
Usually an integer The charoff attribute value is set to the percent of the current column width to the left of the (left edge of the) alignment character, for example, “30”.
Restriction: This attribute may be specified if the element is used.

Journal Publishing Tag Library 1.1

Version of November 1, 2003