HTML <col> tag

HTML <col> tag

The <col> tag specifies a column within a table.

The <col> tag is useful for applying styles across one or more columns, instead of repeating the styles for each cell, for each row.

The <col> tag is generally found within a <colgroup> element.

Note: The <col> tag is an empty element, It has no end tag.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <table> <colgroup> <col span="2" style="background-color:red"> <col style="background-color:green"> </colgroup> <tr> <th>Roll No</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Mark</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Brendan</td> <td>90</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Eich</td> <td>92</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

Attributes

The following are the attributes of <col> tag. Also try Global attributes.

AttributeValueExplanation
spannumberSpecifies the number of columns a <col> element should cover.

Deprecated Attributes

The following attributes should not be used in any case.

AttributeValueExplanation
align
  • left
  • center
  • right
  • justify
  • char
Specifies the horizontal alignment of the content related to a <col> element.
bgcolor
  • color name
  • #RRGGBB
Specifies the background color of each cell related to a <col> element.
charcharacterSpecifies a character to align the content related to <col> element.
charoffnumberSpecifies the number of characters to offset the content related to <col> element from the alignment characters specified by the char attribute.
valign
  • baseline
  • bottom
  • middle
  • top
Specifies the vertical alignment of the content related to a <col> element.
width
  • px
  • percentage
Specifies the width of a <col> element.

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