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HTML <table> Tag



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Example


A simple HTML table, containing two columns and two rows:



<table>
 
<tr>
   
<th>Month</th>
   
<th>Savings</th>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
   
<td>January</td>
   
<td>$100</td>
 
</tr>
</table>

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More "Try it Yourself" examples below.




Definition and Usage


The <table> tag defines an HTML table.


An HTML table consists of the <table> element and one or more <tr>,
<th>, and <td> elements.


The <tr> element defines a table row, the <th> element defines a table header, and the
<td> element defines a table cell.


A more complex HTML table may also include <caption>, <col>, <colgroup>, <thead>,
<tfoot>, and <tbody> elements.



Note: Tables should not be used for page layout!
Historically, some Web authors have misused tables in HTML as a way to control
their page layout. However, there are a variety of alternatives to using HTML
tables for layout, primarily using CSS.





Browser Support



















Element
<table> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes






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Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5


The "align", "bgcolor", "border", "cellpadding", "cellspacing", "frame", "rules",
"summary", and "width" attributes are not supported in HTML5.




Attributes





















































Attribute Value Description
align left
center
right

Not supported in HTML5.
Specifies the alignment of a table according to surrounding text
bgcolor rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname

Not supported in HTML5.
Specifies the background color for a table
border 1
0

Not supported in HTML5.
Specifies whether or not the table is being used for layout purposes
cellpadding pixels
Not supported in HTML5.
Specifies the space between the cell wall and the cell content
cellspacing pixels
Not supported in HTML5.
Specifies the space between cells
frame void
above
below
hsides
lhs
rhs
vsides
box
border

Not supported in HTML5.
Specifies which parts of the outside borders that should be visible
rules none
groups
rows
cols
all

Not supported in HTML5.
Specifies which parts of the inside borders that should be visible
summary text
Not supported in HTML5.
Specifies a summary of the content of a table
width pixels
%

Not supported in HTML5.
Specifies the width of a table



Global Attributes


The <table> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.




Event Attributes


The <table> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.





Try it Yourself - Examples




Table headers
How to create table headers.



Table with a caption
An HTML table with a caption.



Tags inside a
table
How to display elements inside other elements.



Cells that span more than one row/column
How to define table cells that span more than one row or one column.




Related Pages


HTML tutorial: HTML Tables


HTML DOM reference: Table Object


CSS Tutorial: Styling Tables





Default CSS Settings


Most browsers will display the <table> element with the following default values:



Example



table {
    display: table;
    border-collapse: separate;
    border-spacing: 2px;
    border-color: gray;
}

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