Tables are used to display content in tabular format. They are often used for page layout, but the HTML 4.0 specification does not encourage their use since the arrival of style sheets.

<caption> | <col> | <colgroup> | <table> | <tbody> | <td> | <tfoot> | <th> | <thead> | <tr>

<caption>...</caption>
Displays a table caption.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Required
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events
Deprecated	Deprecated align="...": Controls alignment (left, center, right, justify).
Empty	No
Notes	Optional
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<col>
Groups columns together in order to share attribute values.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Required
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events span="...": Number of columns in the group. width="...": Column width as a percentage, a pixel value, or a minimum value. align="...": Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char). char="...": Sets a character on which the column aligns. charoff="...": Offset to the first alignment character on a line. valign="...": Aligns the contents of cells vertically (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	Yes
Notes	In XHTML 1.0, this tag should be in the form <col /> to ensure compatibility with older browsers.
Example	<table border="1"> <tr> <col span="2" width="350"> <td>Cell 1</td> <td>Cell 2</td> <td>Cell 3</td> </tr> </table>
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<colgroup>...</colgroup>
Defines a column group.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Optional (HTML) Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events span="...": Number of columns in the group. width="...": Column width. align="...": Horizontally aligns the contents of cells (left, center, right, justify, char). char="...": Alignment character. charoff="...": Offset to the first alignment character on a line. valign="...": Aligns the contents of cells vertically (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	No
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<table>...</table>

Creates a table.

Starting/ending tag

Required/Required

Attributes

Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events width="...": Table width. cols="...": Number of columns. border="...": Table border width in pixels. frame="...": Sets the visible sides of the table (void, above, below, hsides, lhs, rhs, vsides, box, border). rules="...": Sets the visible rules in the table (none, groups, rows, cols, all). cellspacing="...": Spacing between cells. cellpadding="...": Spacing within cells.

Deprecated

Deprecated align="...": Controls alignment (left, center, right, justify). bgcolor="...": Background colour.

Empty

No

Example

<table border="1"> <tr> <td>First cell of line 1</td> <td>Second cell of line 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>First cell of line 2</td> <td>Second cell of line 2</td> </tr> </table>

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<tbody>...</tbody>
Defines the table body.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Optional (HTML) Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events align="...": Aligns the contents of cells horizontally. (left, center, right, justify, char). char="...": Alignment character. charoff="...": Offset to the first alignment character on a line. valign="...": Aligns the contents of cells vertically (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	No
Example	<table> <tfoot> <td>column 1 footer</th> <td>column 2 footer</th> </tfoot> </table>
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<td>...</td>
Defines a cell content
Starting/ending tag	Required/Optional (HTML) Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events axis="...": Abbreviated name. axes="...": Axis names defining column and line headers corresponding to the cell. rowspan="...": Number of lines spanned by a cell. colspan="...": Number of columns spanned by a cell. align="...": Aligns the cell content horizontally (left, center, right, justify, char). char="...": Alignment character. charoff="...": Offset to the first alignment character on a line. valign="...": Aligns the cell content vertically (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Deprecated	Deprecated nowrap="...": Prevents text wrapping inside a cell. bgcolor="...": Background colour. height="...": Cell height. width="...": Cell width.
Empty	No
Example	<table border="1"> <tr> <td>First cell of line 1</td> <td>Second cell of line 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>First cell of line 2</td> <td>Second cell of line 2</td> </tr> </table>
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<tfoot>...</tfoot>
Defines a table footer.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Optional (HTML) Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events align="...": Aligns the contents of cells horizontally (left, center, right, justify, char). char="...": Alignment character. charoff="...": Offset to the first alignment character on a line. valign="...": Aligns a cell content vertically (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	No
Example	<table> <tfoot> <td>column 1 footer</th> <td>column 2 footer</th> </tfoot> </table>
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<th>...</th>
Defines the cell contents of the table header.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Optional (HTML) Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events axis="...": Abbreviated name. axes="...": Axis names defining the column and line headers corresponding to the cell. rowspan="...": Number of lines spanned by a cell. colspan="...": Number of columns spanned by a cell. align="...": Aligns cell contents horizontally (left,, right, justify, char). char="...": Alignment character. charoff="...": Offset to the first alignment character on a line. valign="...": Aligns the cell contents vertically (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Deprecated	Deprecated nowrap="...": Prevents text wrapping inside a cell. bgcolor="...": Background colour. height="...": Cell height. width="...": Cell height.
Empty	No
Example	<table> <thead> <th>Header 1</th> <th>Header 2</th> </thead> </table>
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<thead>...</thead>
Defines the table header.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Optional (HTML) Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events align="...": Aligns the cell contents horizontally (left, center, right, justify, char). char="...": Alignment character. charoff="...": Offset to the first alignment character on a line.< valign="...": Aligns the cell contents vertically (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Empty	No
Example	<table> <thead> <th>Header 1</th> <th>Header 2</th> </thead> </table>
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<tr>...</tr>
Defines a table row.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Optional (HTML) Required/Required (XHTML 1.0).
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events align="...": Aligns the cell contents horizontally (left, center, right, justify, char). char="...": Alignment character. charoff="...": Offset of the first alignment character on a line. valign="...": Aligns the cell contents vertically (top, middle, bottom, baseline).
Deprecated	Deprecated bgcolor="...": Background colour.
Empty	No
Example	<table border="1"> <tr> <td>First cell of line 1</td> <td>Second cell of line 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>First cell of line 2</td> <td>Second cell of line 2</td> </tr> </table>
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