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HTML <table> Tag
Example
A simple HTML table, containing two columns and two rows:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
More "Try it Yourself" examples below.
Definition and Usage
The <table>
tag defines an HTML table.
An HTML table consists of one <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.
An HTML table may also include <caption>, <colgroup>, <thead>, <tfoot>, and <tbody> elements.
Browser Support
Element | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
<table> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Global Attributes
The <table>
tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <table>
tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
More Examples
Example
How to add collapsed borders to a table (with CSS):
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Example
How to right-align a table (with CSS):
<table style="float:right">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
Example
How to center-align a table (with CSS):
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
table.center {
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table class="center">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
Example
How to add background-color to a table (with CSS):
<table style="background-color:#00FF00">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
Example
How to add padding to a table (with CSS):
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
th, td {
padding: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Example
How to set table width (with CSS):
<table style="width:400px">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
Example
How to create table headers:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Doe</td>
<td>john.doe@example.com</td>
<td>123-45-678</td>
</tr>
</table>
Example
How to create a table with a caption:
<table>
<caption>Monthly savings</caption>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
Example
How to define table cells that span more than one row or one column:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th colspan="2">Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Doe</td>
<td>john.doe@example.com</td>
<td>123-45-678</td>
<span lang="no-bok"><td>212-00-546</td></span>
</tr>
</table>
Related Pages
HTML tutorial: HTML Tables
HTML DOM reference: Table Object
CSS Tutorial: Styling Tables
Default CSS Settings
Most browsers will display the <table>
element with the following default values:
Example
display: table;
border-collapse: separate;
border-spacing: 2px;
border-color: gray;
}