HTML TABLE TAGS

 

Frequently used feature that organizes data into rows and columns. A table has three distinct sections—head, body and foot.

The head section (or header cell) contains header information such as column names. The body section, or table body, contains the table’s primary data. The foot section represents a footer. The Data cells in the table body contain individual pieces of data.

 

Table tags

TAG	FUNCTION
<TABLE> (Container tag) Attributes – 10	Contains all HTML tags that compose a table
<CAPTION> (Container tag) Attributes – 1	Specifies a caption for a table.
<THEAD> (Container tag) Attributes – 4	Defines the header section of a table. Useful when table is broken across multiple pages.
<TFOOT> (Container tag) Attributes –	Defines the footer section of the table
<TBODY> (Container tag) Attributes –	Defines the body section of the table
<COLGROUP> (Container tag) Attributes –	Groups a set of columns so that properties may be assigned to all columns in the group rather than to each one individually
<COL> (Container tag) Attributes –	Specifies properties for a column or columns within a group
<TR> (Container tag) Attributes –	Defines a row of a table, table header, table footer, or table body
<TD> (Container tag) Attributes –	Defines a cell in a table for data.
<TH> (Container tag) Attributes –	Defines a cell in a table for header data which is normally rendered in boldface and with a centered horizontal alignment.

 

Tag: <TABLE>

Attribute	Description and values
ALIGN	Controls how the table is aligned on the page. (values: LEFT, CENTER, and RIGHT)
BORDER	Specifies the thickness of the table border in pixels
BGCOLOR	Set equal to the background color to use in the cells of the table
CELLPADDING	Controls the amount of whitespace between the contents of a cell and the edge of the cell
CELLSPACING	Specifies how many pixels of space to leave between individual cells
COLS	Set equal to the number of columns in the table.
FRAME	Controls which parts of the table's outer border are rendered. (Values: ABOVE, BELOW, BORDER/ BOX(All sides), HSIDES/ RHS, VSIDES / LHS, VOID)
RULES	Controls which parts of the table's inner borders are displayed. (Values: ALL, COLS, GROUPS, NONE, ROWS)
SUMMARY	Provides a synopsis of what's in the table and how the table is structured.
WIDTH	Specifies the width of the table in pixels or as a percentage of the browser screen width.

 

Tag: <CAPTION>

Attribute	Description and values
ALIGN	Places the table name above or below the table (Value: TOP | BOTTOM)

 

Tag: <THEAD>, <TFOOT>, <TBODY>,

<COLGROUP>, <COL>, <TR>, <TD>, <TH>

(COMMON ATTRIBUTES)

Attribute	Description and values
ALIGN	Controls the horizontal alignment within the cells of the table header. (Value: LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, JUSTIFY, or CHAR. CHAR is used to align cells by a common character.)
CHAR	Specifies the alignment character for when ALIGN=”CHAR” is used
CHAROFF	Prescribes the offset distance from the alignment character
VALIGN	Controls the vertical alignment in the header cells. (Value: TOP, MIDDLE, BOTTOM or BASELINE)

 

(Additional attributes for <COLGROUP>, <COL>, <TD> and <TH>)

Tag: <COLGROUP>

Attribute	Description and values
SPAN	Tells the browser how many columns are in the group
WIDTH	Specifies the width of the enclosed column (Value: pixels / relative width in percentage)

 

Tag: <COL>

Attribute	Description and values
SPAN	Tells the browser how many columns to which to apply the property
WIDTH	Specifies the width of the column or column group (Value: pixels / relative width in percentage)

 

Tag: <TD>, <TH>

Attribute	Description and values
AXIS	Used to group cells into logical categories
COLSPAN	Specifies the number of columns the cell should occupy
HEADERS	Provides a list of IDs of cells that provide header information for the current cell
NOWRAP	Suppresses text wrapping within the cell
ROWSPAN	Specifies the number of rows the cell should occupy
SCOPE	A simpler form of the AXIS attribute, SCOPE allows to group cells into rows, columns, row groups, or column groups, instead of arbitrarily named logical groups.