colgroup tag
<Colgroup>
Explanation
Colgroup tag helps to combine the columns in a table.
"Colgroup" is the collection of entire table columns.
<table border="Value">
<colgroup span="value" style="background-color:Color Name">
<colgroup width="Value"></colgroup>
<colgroup width="Value"></colgroup>
</colgroup>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Value</td>
</tr>
</table>
Element Specific attributes supported by this tag are:
Attribute | Value | Description |
span | number | Defines how much time a <colgroup> should span in the column. |
Example Code:
Result :
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
Column 4 |
Column 5 |
- It must be placed after <caption> and placed before <thead>, <tbody>, <tfoot> and <tr>.
- It is enough to apply this tag at once, so it will insert styles to the entire columns of a table.
It is available in previous versions of HTML.
It supports both
Global Attributes and
Event Attributes in HTML5.
Limitations:
It will function in all the browsers.