Summary of HTML Table Tags and Selected Attributes

Tags

A <table> is an optional <caption> followed by one or more rows. Each row is in turn divided into a series of data items (or headers). The following tags are used in tables. Each requires a corresponding end (</>) tag.

Tag Usage

<table> define a table

<caption> caption

<tr> row

<th> header cell

<td> data cell

<th> and <td> are identical, except that headers are bold and centered.

Attributes

<table> attributes include:

border = n

cellpadding = n

cellspacing = n

bgcolor = color

<caption> attributes include:

align = top, bottom

<tr> attributes include:

bgcolor = color

<th> and <td> have the same attributes, including:

colspan = n

rowspan = n

width = n

align = left, right, center

bgcolor = color