HTML colgroup tag and element

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HTML colgroup element

1. HTML colgroup (column group) element represents a structural division of an HTML table.

2. A colgroup starts with <colgroup> tag. And ends with </colgroup> tag, which is optional.

3. Using colgroup is useful when you want to apply certain style or attributes to a number of table columns.

Syntax

 <colgroup>  

.......


</colgroup>

Whether both start and end tags are required

Start tag is required but end tag is optional.

Can contain

HTML colgroup element can contain one or more tr elements.

Can reside within

HTML colgroup element can reside within table element.

Attributes

span, width.

Identifiers

id, class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

Title.

Style

Style.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.

Cell alignment

align, char and charoff attributes.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 Strict, HTML 4.01 Transitional, and HTML 4.01 Frameset.

Example of using HTML colgroup element

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML  colgroup element</title>
</head>
<body>
<table width="100%" border="1"><colgroup span="2"></colgroup>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Designation</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subroto Dey. </td>
<td>Regional head, Sales </td>
<td>$1500</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Result

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HTML colgroup tag example.

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