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<title>CSS Test: Table columns - Assigning a background to a column</title>
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<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html#columns" />
<meta name="assert" content="A specific column class can be selected for a blue background (example from section 17.3)." />
<style type="text/css">
table
{
border-collapse: collapse;
}
col
{
border-style: solid;
}
col.totals
{
background: blue;
}
td
{
border: 1px solid black;
height: 2em;
width: 2em;
}
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<p>Test passes if the middle column of the three-by-three grid is blue.</p>
<table>
<col />
<col class="totals" />
<col />
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
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