HTML table tag

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# HTML <table> Tag

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## Example

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

<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
Try it yourself »
(more examples at the bottom of this page)

## Browser Support

The <table> tag is supported in all major browsers.

## 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.

## Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

HTML5 only supports the "border" attribute, and its value can be "1" or "".

## Attributes

Attribute | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
align | left center right | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the alignment of a table according to surrounding text
bgcolor | rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the background color for a table
border | 1 "" | Specifies whether the table cells should have borders or not
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.

Empty cells
How to use "&nbsp;" to handle cells that have no content.

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

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