<colgroup>
Description
This <colgroup> element groups table columns together and allows the grouped columns to share properties and style settings.
Example
<html>
<body>
<table>
<colgroup span="2" style="color: blue;"></colgroup>
<colgroup style="color: red;"></colgroup>
<tr>
<td>col: 1, group: 1</td>
<td>col: 2, group: 1</td>
<td>col: 3, group: 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>col: 1, group: 1</td>
<td>col: 2, group: 1</td>
<td>col: 3, group: 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>col: 1, group: 1</td>
<td>col: 2, group: 1</td>
<td>col: 3, group: 2</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body><!--from w w w .j ava2s. c o m-->
</html>
The code above generates the following result.