HTML Table tag

Example

A simple HTML table, containing two columns and two rows:

<table border="1"> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table>

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Definition and Usage

The <table> tag defines an HTML table.
A simple HTML table consists of the 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.
A more complex HTML table may also include caption, col, colgroup, thead, tfoot, and tbody elements.

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Browser Support

The <table> tag is supported in all major browsers.

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Differences Between HTML and XHTML

The "align" and "bgcolor" attributes of the table element were deprecated in HTML 4.01, and are not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.

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Optional Attributes

DTD indicates in which DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
align	left center right	Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the alignment of a table according to surrounding text	TF
bgcolor	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the background color for a table	TF
border	pixels	Specifies the width of the borders around a table	STF
cellpadding	pixels	Specifies the space between the cell wall and the cell content	STF
cellspacing	pixels	Specifies the space between cells	STF
frame	void above below hsides lhs rhs vsides box border	Specifies which parts of the outside borders that should be visible	STF
rules	none groups rows cols all	Specifies which parts of the inside borders that should be visible	STF
summary	text	Specifies a summary of the content of a table	STF
width	pixels %	Specifies the width of a table	STF