HTML Tag Reference - HTML tag <table>

This element creates a table that can contain rows and columns. The <tr> element creates rows in the table. The <td> element creates the cells in each table row.

Browser compatibility


`<table>`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

What's new in HTML5

The "align", "bgcolor", "border", "cellpadding", "cellspacing", "frame", "rules", "summary", and "width" attributes are deprecated in HTML5.

Attribute

Attribute	Value	Description
align	left center right	Not supported in HTML5. Set the alignment of a table
bgcolor	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Not supported in HTML5. Set the table background color
border	1 ""	Not supported in HTML5. Set whether the table cells should have borders or not
cellpadding	pixels	Not supported in HTML5. Set the space between the cell wall and the cell content
cellspacing	pixels	Not supported in HTML5. Set the space between cells
frame	void above below hsides lhs rhs vsides box border	Not supported in HTML5. Set which parts of the outside borders that should be visible
rules	none groups rows cols all	Not supported in HTML5. Set which parts of the borders that should be visible
sortable	sortable	the table should be sortable
summary	text	Not supported in HTML5. Create a summary of the table content
width	pixels %	Not supported in HTML5. Set the width of a table

Global Attributes

The <table> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The <table> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

Default CSS Settings

table {
    display: table;
    border-collapse: separate;
    border-spacing: 2px;
    border-color: gray;
}

Example

A demo showing how to use <table> tag.

<html>
<body>
     <table>
          <tr>
               <td>col 1: maroon</td>
               <td>col 2: red</td>
          <tr>
               <td>col 1: maroon</td>
               <td>col 2: red</td>
          </tr>
     </table>
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</html>

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