The MathML <mtable>
element allows you to create tables or matrices. Inside a <mtable>
only <mtr>
and <mtd>
elements may appear. These elements are similar to <table>
, <tr>
and <td>
elements of HTML.
Note: The <mtable>
element resets the displaystyle
attribute to false
. If you want to use this element as an inline-block, you might want to set <mtable displaystyle="true">...</mtable>
.
Attributes
- align
- Specifies the vertical alignment of the table with respect to its environment.
Possible values are:axis
(default): The vertical center of the table aligns on the environment's axis (typically the minus sign).baseline
: The vertical center of the table aligns on the environment's baseline.bottom
: The bottom of the table aligns on the environments baseline.center
: See baseline.top
: The top of the table aligns on the environments baseline.
align
attribute can end with a rownumber (e.g.align="center 3"
). This allows you to align the specified row of the table rather than the whole table. A negative Integer value counts rows from the bottom of the table. Starting with Gecko 8.0 (Firefox 8.0 / Thunderbird 8.0 / SeaMonkey 2.5) the interpretation of negative values has been corrected (bug 601436). In Gecko 17.0 (Firefox 17.0 / Thunderbird 17.0 / SeaMonkey 2.14) the parsing has been updated to treat whitespace correctly. - alignmentscope
- Unimplemented
- class, id, style
- Provided for use with stylesheets.
- columnalign
- Specifies the horizontal alignment of the cells. Multiple values separated by space are allowed and apply to the corresponding columns (e.g.
columnalign="left right center"
). Possible values are:left
,center
(default) andright
. - columnlines
- Specifies column borders. Multiple values separated by space are allowed and apply to the corresponding columns (e.g.
columnlines="none none solid"
). Possible values are:none
(default),solid
anddashed
. - columnspacing
- Specifies the space between table columns.
- Unimplemented columnwidth
- Specifies the width of table columns.
- displaystyle
- A Boolean value specifying whether more vertical space is used for displayed equations or, if set to
false
, a more compact layout is used to display formulas. The main effect is that larger versions of operators are displayed, whendisplaystyle
is set totrue
. - Unimplemented equalcolumns
- A Boolean value indicating whether to force all columns to have the same total height.
false
is default. - Unimplemented equalrows
- A Boolean value indicating whether to force all rows to have the same total height.
false
is default. - frame
- Specifies borders of the entire table. Possible values are:
none
(default),solid
anddashed
. - framespacing
- Specifies additional space added between the table and frame.
- groupalign
- Unimplemented
- href
- Used to set a hyperlink to a specified URI.
- mathbackground
- The background color. You can use
#rgb
,#rrggbb
and HTML color names. - mathcolor
- The text color. You can use
#rgb
,#rrggbb
and HTML color names. - Unimplemented minlabelspacing
- A length value specifing the minimum space between a label and the adjacent cell in the row.
- rowalign
- Specifies the vertical alignment of the cells. Multiple values separated by space are allowed and apply to the corresponding rows (e.g.
rowalign="top bottom axis"
). Possible values are:axis
,baseline
(default),bottom
,center
andtop
. - rowlines
- Specifies row borders. Multiple values separated by space are allowed and apply to the corresponding rows (e.g.
rowlines="none none solid"
). Possible values are:none
(default),solid
anddashed
. - Unimplemented rowspacing
- Specifies the space between table rows.
- Unimplemented side
- Specifies the position where
<mlabeledtr>
label elements should be placed. Possible values are:left
,right
(default),leftoverlap
andrightoverlap
. - width
- Specifies the width of the entire table. Accepts length values.
Examples
Alignment with row number
Rendering:
<math> <mi>X</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mtable frame="solid" rowlines="solid" align="axis 3"> <mtr> <mtd><mi>A</mi></mtd> <mtd><mi>B</mi></mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd><mi>C</mi></mtd> <mtd><mi>D</mi></mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd><mi>E</mi></mtd> <mtd><mi>F</mi></mtd> </mtr> </mtable> </math>
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
MathML 3.0 The definition of 'mtable' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Current specification |
MathML 2.0 The definition of 'mtable' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial specification |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | No support | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | No support | No support | 5.1 |
align |
No support | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | No support | No support | No support |
alignmentscope |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
columnalign |
No support | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | No support | No support | 5.1 |
columnlines |
No support | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | No support | No support | 5.1 |
columnspacing |
No support | 33.0 (33.0) | No support | No support | No support |
columnwidth |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
displaystyle |
No support | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | No support | No support | No support |
equalcolumns |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
equalrows |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
frame |
No support | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | No support | No support | 5.1 |
framespacing |
No support | 33.0 (33.0) | No support | No support | No support |
groupalign |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
href |
No support | 7.0 (7.0) | No support | No support | No support |
mathbackground |
No support | 4.0 (2.0) | No support | No support | No support |
mathcolor |
No support | 4.0 (2.0) | No support | No support | No support |
minlabelspacing |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
rowalign |
No support | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | No support | No support | 5.1 |
rowlines |
No support | 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) | No support | No support | 5.1 |
rowspacing |
No support | 33.0 (33.0) | No support | No support | No support |
side |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
width |
No support | 13.0 (13.0) | No support | No support | No support |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | No support | No support | 1.0 (1.9.2) | No support | No support | No support |
align |
No support | No support | 1.0 (1.9.2) | No support | No support | No support |
alignmentscope |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
columnalign |
No support | No support | 1.0 (1.9.2) | No support | No support | No support |
columnlines |
No support | No support | 1.0 (1.9.2) | No support | No support | No support |
columnspacing |
No support | No support | 33.0 (33.0) | No support | No support | No support |
columnwidth |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
displaystyle |
No support | No support | 1.0 (1.9.2) | No support | No support | No support |
equalcolumns |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
equalrows |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
frame |
No support | No support | 1.0 (1.9.2) | No support | No support | No support |
framespacing |
No support | No support | 33.0 (33.0) | No support | No support | No support |
groupalign |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
href |
No support | No support | 7.0 (7.0) | No support | No support | No support |
mathbackground |
No support | No support | 4.0 (2.0) | No support | No support | No support |
mathcolor |
No support | No support | 4.0 (2.0) | No support | No support | No support |
minlabelspacing |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
rowalign |
No support | No support | 1.0 (1.9.2) | No support | No support | No support |
rowlines |
No support | No support | 1.0 (1.9.2) | No support | No support | No support |
rowspacing |
No support | No support | 33.0 (33.0) | No support | No support | No support |
side |
No support | No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
width |
No support | No support | 13.0 (13.0) | No support | No support | No support |