HTML Table

HTML table tag is used to display data in tabular form (row * column). There can be many columns in a row.

We can create a table to display data in tabular form, using <table> element, with the help of <tr> , <td>, and <th> elements.

In Each table, table row is defined by <tr> tag, table header is defined by <th>, and table data is defined by <td> tags.

HTML tables are used to manage the layout of the page e.g. header section, navigation bar, body content, footer section etc. But it is recommended to use div tag over table to manage the layout of the page .

HTML Table Tags

HTML Table Example

Let's see the example of HTML table tag. It output is shown above.

Output:

In the above html table, there are 5 rows and 3 columns = 5 * 3 = 15 values.

HTML Table with Border

There are two ways to specify border for HTML tables.

1. By border attribute of table in HTML
2. By border property in CSS

1) HTML Border attribute

You can use border attribute of table tag in HTML to specify border. But it is not recommended now.

Output:

2) CSS Border property

It is now recommended to use border property of CSS to specify border in table.

You can collapse all the borders in one border by border-collapse property. It will collapse the border into one.

Output:

HTML Table with cell padding

You can specify padding for table header and table data by two ways:

1. By cellpadding attribute of table in HTML
2. By padding property in CSS

The cellpadding attribute of HTML table tag is obselete now. It is recommended to use CSS. So let's see the code of CSS.

Output:

HTML Table width:

We can specify the HTML table width using the CSS width property. It can be specify in pixels or percentage.

We can adjust our table width as per our requirement. Following is the example to display table with width.

Example:

Output:

HTML Table with colspan

If you want to make a cell span more than one column, you can use the colspan attribute.

It will divide one cell/row into multiple columns, and the number of columns depend on the value of colspan attribute.

Let's see the example that span two columns.

CSS code:

HTML code:

Output:

HTML Table with rowspan

If you want to make a cell span more than one row, you can use the rowspan attribute.

It will divide a cell into multiple rows. The number of divided rows will depend on rowspan values.

Let's see the example that span two rows.

CSS code:

HTML code:

Output:

HTML table with caption

HTML caption is diplayed above the table. It must be used after table tag only.

Styling HTML table even and odd cells

CSS code:

Output:

NOTE: You can also create various types of tables using different CSS properties in your table.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<table>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes