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HTML Tables | Working with Semantic Elements, Multimedia Elements and Graphics
HTML for Beginners
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HTML for Beginners

HTML for Beginners

1. Understanding Basic Elements
2. Working with Semantic Elements, Multimedia Elements and Graphics
3. Working with Advanced Elements

bookHTML Tables

Tables are made with the <table> tag.

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A table is just a concept for a collection of records. So we need to have records to create a table. Records are created with the <tr> (table row) tag. For a record to exist, you have to include data. You add table data with the <td> (table data) tag.

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So our table has 2 rows and 2 columns. These columns need headings so everyone can understand what these columns represent.

To create a column heading, you use the <th> (table heading) tag instead of the <td> tag.

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You can see the column headings are displayed in bold text. This is an effect of <th> tags.

However, this doesn't feel like a table without lines between table data. We add these lines using the border attribute of the <table> element.

Replace the first <table> with this line:

  • <table border="1">: It sets the border around the table cells.
  • <table border="0">: It removes (not set) the border around the table cells.

As explained in a previous chapter, we add CSS styles using the style attribute.

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Colspan and rowspan attributes

2 unique attributes can be used with table cells. You can span table cells to 2 or more columns or rows.

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I'd appreciate it if you could carefully notice how we have used colspan and rowspan to increase the space of a cell.

Which tag is used to create data for table headings?

Which tag is used to create data for table headings?

Select the correct answer

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