Unit II - Lesson 9 - HTML Table
Unit II - Lesson 9 - HTML Table
Tables allow the author to arrange data elements such as text and images into columns and rows.
Uses of Tables:
There are complicated layouts that only table tags can solve. It help us to organize our data.
Use <table></table> to insert table. Tables are composed of rows, columns and cells.
Columns
Rows
Cells
TABLE
ROW
HEADER
ROW DATA
<tr>
It is used to define the row of the table. One pair of <tr> is equivalent to one row.
<th>
It is used to define the header. Anything between these tags will be in bold format and aligned at the center.
<td>
It is used to define table data. Anything between these tags will be in regular data and aligned at left side. s
BORDER
This defines the thickness of the border. The value of border attribute is any number in pixels. <table border=5>
BORDER COLOR
This defines the color of the border. Value is in any color name or hexadecimal codes. <table bordercolor=red> <table bordercolor=DB0702>
CELLSPACING
It defines the spacing in between cells. It has a default spacing value of 2 pixels. <table cellspacing= 10>
CELLPADDING
Specifies the space between the cells content and its borders. <table cellpadding=5>
ALIGN
It is used to align the table to the right, center or left . By default, the table is aligned to the left. <table align=center>
BGCOLOR
It defines the color of the cell. Place this attribute to <tr> tag to apply the color to the entire row to minimize the use of bgcolor on either <th> or <td>. <th bgcolor=red>
VALIGN
It is used to align cells content vertically. The value of valign is the direction either top, middle or bottom. <th valign=middle>Headre</th>
COLSPAN
It is used to combine 2 or more columns. The value of colspan is the number of columns you wish to merge or combine. <th colspan=4>Header</th>
ROWSPAN
It is used to combine 2 or more rows. The value of rowspan is the number of rows you wish to merge or combine.
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