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HTML Tables

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Tables
How to create tables in an HTML document.

Table borders
How to specify different table borders.

(You can find more examples at the bottom of this page).

HTML Tables

Tables are defined with the <table> tag.

A table is divided into rows (with the <tr> tag), and each row is divided into data cells (with the <td> tag). td stands for “table data,” and holds the content of a data cell. A <td> tag can contain text, links, images, lists, forms, other tables, etc.

Table Example

How the HTML code above looks in a browser:


HTML Tables and the Border Attribute

If you do not specify a border attribute, the table will be displayed without borders. Sometimes this can be useful, but most of the time, we want the borders to show.

To display a table with borders, specify the border attribute:


HTML Table Headers

Header information in a table are defined with the <th> tag.

The text in a th element will be bold and centered.

How the HTML code above looks in a browser:


Tables without borders
How to create tables without borders.

Table headers
How to create table headers.

Table with a caption
How to add a caption to a table.

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

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

Cell padding
How to use cellpadding to create more white space between the cell content and its borders.

Cell spacing
How to use cellspacing to increase the distance between the cells.

The frame attribute
How to use the “frame” attribute to control the borders around the table.

HTML Table Tags


Examples

Try it Yourself - Examples

<table border=”1”>
<tr>
<td>row 1, cell 1</td>
<td>row 1, cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>row 2, cell 1</td>
<td>row 2, cell 2</td>
</tr>
</table> row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2 <table border=”1”>
<tr>
<td>Row 1, cell 1</td>
<td>Row 1, cell 2</td>
</tr>
</table> <table border=”1”>
<tr>
<th>Header 1</th>
<th>Header 2</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>row 1, cell 1</td>
<td>row 1, cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>row 2, cell 1</td>
<td>row 2, cell 2</td>
</tr>
</table> Header 1 Header 2 row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2 Examples

More Examples

Tag Description <table> Defines a table <th> Defines a table header <tr> Defines a table row <td> Defines a table cell <caption> Defines a table caption <colgroup> Defines a group of columns in a table, for formatting <col /> Defines attribute values for one or more columns in a table <thead> Groups the header content in a table <tbody> Groups the body content in a table <tfoot> Groups the footer content in a table

HTML Lists

An ordered list:

  1. The first list item
  2. The second list item
  3. The third list item

An unordered list:

Examples

Try-It-Yourself Examples

<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul> <ol>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ol> <dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>- black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>- white cold drink</dd>
</dl> Examples

More Examples

Tag Description <ol> Defines an ordered list <ul> Defines an unordered list <li> Defines a list item <dl> Defines a definition list <dt> Defines an item in a definition list <dd> Defines a description of an item in a definition list
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