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14.HTML Table

The document discusses HTML tables and their tags. It provides descriptions of common table tags like <table>, <tr>, <th>, <td>, and examples of how to create a basic table with rows and cells. It also covers more advanced table features like borders, widths, cell padding, colspan, rowspan, and styling even and odd rows.

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14.HTML Table

The document discusses HTML tables and their tags. It provides descriptions of common table tags like <table>, <tr>, <th>, <td>, and examples of how to create a basic table with rows and cells. It also covers more advanced table features like borders, widths, cell padding, colspan, rowspan, and styling even and odd rows.

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HTML Table

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

Tag Description

<table> It defines a table.

<tr> It defines a row in a table.

<th> It defines a header cell in a table.

<td> It defines a cell in a table.

<caption> It defines the table caption.

<colgroup> It specifies a group of one or more columns in a table for formatting.

<col> It is used with <colgroup> element to specify column properties for


each
column.

<tbody> It is used to group the body content in a table.

<thead> It is used to group the header content in a table.

<tfooter> It is used to group the footer content in a table.

HTML Table Example


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

1. <table>
2. <tr><th>First_Name</th><th>Last_Name</th><th>Marks</th></tr>
3. <tr><td>Sonoo</td><td>Jaiswal</td><td>60</td></tr>

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4. <tr><td>James</td><td>William</td><td>80</td></tr>
5. <tr><td>Swati</td><td>Sironi</td><td>82</td></tr>
6. <tr><td>Chetna</td><td>Singh</td><td>72</td></tr>
7. </table>

Output:

First_Name Last_Name Marks

Sonoo Jaiswal 60

James William 80

Swati Sironi 82

Chetna Singh 72

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.

1. <table border="1">
2. <tr><th>First_Name</th><th>Last_Name</th><th>Marks</th></tr>
3. <tr><td>Sonoo</td><td>Jaiswal</td><td>60</td></tr>
4. <tr><td>James</td><td>William</td><td>80</td></tr>
5. <tr><td>Swati</td><td>Sironi</td><td>82</td></tr>
6. <tr><td>Chetna</td><td>Singh</td><td>72</td></tr>
7. </table>

Output:

First_Name Last_Name Marks

Sonoo Jaiswal 60

James William 80

Swati Sironi 82

Chetna Singh 72

2) CSS Border property


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

1. <style>
2. table, th, td {  
3.   border: 1px solid black;
4. }
5. </style>

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

1. <style>
2. table, th, td {  
3.   border: 2px solid black;
4. border-collapse: collapse;
5. }
6. </style>

Output:

Name Last Name Marks

Sonoo Jaiswal 60

James William 80

Swati Sironi 82

Chetna Singh 72

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.

1. <style>
2. table, th, td {  
3.   border: 1px solid pink;
4. border-collapse: collapse;
5. }
6. th, td {  
7.   padding: 10px;
8. }
9. </style>

Output:

Name Last Name Marks

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Sonoo Jaiswal 60

James William 80

Swati Sironi 82

Chetna Singh 72

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.

1. table{
2. width: 100%;
3. }

Example:
1. <!DOCTYPE html>
2. <html>
3. <head>
4. <title>table</title>
5. <style>
6. table{
7. border-collapse: collapse;
8. width: 100%;
9. }
10. th,td{
11. border: 2px solid green;
12. padding: 15px;
13. }
14. </style>
15. </head>
16. <body>
17. <table>
18. <tr>
19. <th>1 header</th>
20. <th>1 header</th>
21. <th>1 header</th>
22. </tr>
23. <tr>
24. <td>1data</td>
25. <td>1data</td>
26. <td>1data</td>
27. </tr>
28. <tr>
29. <td>2 data</td>
30. <td>2 data</td>
31. <td>2 data</td>
32. </tr>

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33. <tr>
34. <td>3 data</td>
35. <td>3 data</td>
36. <td>3 data</td>
37. </tr>
38. </table>
39. </body>
40. </html>

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:

1. <style>
2. table, th, td {  
3.   border: 1px solid black;
4. border-collapse: collapse;
5. }
6. th, td {  
7.   padding: 5px;
8. }
9. </style>

HTML code:

1. <table style="width:100%">
2. <tr>
3. <th>Name</th>
4. <th colspan="2">Mobile No.</th>

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5. </tr>
6. <tr>
7. <td>Ajeet Maurya</td>
8. <td>7503520801</td>
9. <td>9555879135</td>
10. </tr>
11. </table>

Output:

Name Mobile No.

Ajeet Maurya 7503520801 9555879135

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:

1. <style>
2. table, th, td {  
3.   border: 1px solid black;
4. border-collapse: collapse;
5. }
6. th, td {  
7.   padding: 10px;
8. }
9. </style>

HTML code:

1. <table>
2. <tr><th>Name</th><td>Ajeet Maurya</td></tr>
3. <tr><th rowspan="2">Mobile No.</th><td>7503520801</td></tr>
4. <tr><td>9555879135</td></tr>
5. </table>

Output:

Name Ajeet Maurya

7503520801

Mobile No. 9555879135

HTML table with caption


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

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1. <table>
2. <caption>Student Records</caption>
3. <tr><th>First_Name</th><th>Last_Name</th><th>Marks</th></tr>
4. <tr><td>Vimal</td><td>Jaiswal</td><td>70</td></tr>
5. <tr><td>Mike</td><td>Warn</td><td>60</td></tr>
6. <tr><td>Shane</td><td>Warn</td><td>42</td></tr>
7. <tr><td>Jai</td><td>Malhotra</td><td>62</td></tr>
8. </table>

Styling HTML table even and odd cells


CSS code:

1. <style>
2. table, th, td {  
3.   border: 1px solid black;
4. border-collapse: collapse;
5. }
6. th, td {  
7.   padding: 10px;
8. }
9. table#alter tr:nth-child(even) {
10.   background-color: #eee;  
11. }
12. table#alter tr:nth-child(odd) {
13.   background-color: #fff;  
14. }
15. table#alter th {
16.   color: white; 
17. background-color: gray;
18. }
19. </style>

Output:

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

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