HTML Tables

HTML table elements, their names, and their purposes.

Tag	Name	Description	Example
<table>	Table	Defines an HTML table and contains all of the table's content.	<table>...</table>
<caption>	Table Caption	Provides a caption that identifies or describes a table.	<caption>...</caption>
<thead>	Table Head	Groups rows containing column headings.	<thead>...</thead>
<tbody>	Table Body	Groups the table's main data rows.	<tbody>...</tbody>
<tfoot>	Table Footer	Groups footer or summary rows such as totals or averages.	<tfoot>...</tfoot>
<tr>	Table Row	Creates a horizontal row of table cells.	<tr>...</tr>
<th>	Table Header	Defines a header cell used to label a row or column.	<th>...</th>
<td>	Table Data	Defines a standard data cell.	<td>...</td>
<colgroup>	Column Group	Groups columns so they can share formatting or column properties.	<colgroup>...</colgroup>
<col>	Table Column	Defines properties for one or more columns within a <colgroup>.	<col span="2">

HTML table attributes, their names, and how they affect table structure.

Attribute	Name	Description	Example
colspan	Column Span	Specifies how many columns a <td> or <th> spans horizontally.	<td colspan="2">...</td>
rowspan	Row Span	Specifies how many rows a <td> or <th> spans vertically.	<td rowspan="3">...</td>
scope	Header Scope	Identifies whether a <th> applies to a row, column, row group, or column group.	<th scope="col">...</th>
headers	Header Association	Associates a table cell with one or more header cells by their IDs.	<td headers="header1 header2">...</td>
span	Column Span	Specifies how many consecutive columns a <col> or <colgroup> represents.	<col span="3">