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HTML Table Colgroup

HTML

<colgroup> tag is used to make group columns to apply styles.

HTML <colgroup> in table


<cols> defines one of groups in <colgroup>.

span and style attributes of <cols> defines the number of columns and the style to be applied on this group.

More <cols> are used to create more groups.

HTML Table header

Company Contact Country
Magazzini Alimentari Moctezuma Yoshi Chang Germany
Laughing Bacchus Futterkiste Giovanni Anders Mexico
Ernst Trading Bennett Roland Austria
Island Handel Mendel Helen UK
Centro comercial Riuniti Maria Rovelli Italy
Alfreds Winecellars Francisco Tannamuri Canada

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <style>
        table {
            font-family: arial, sans-serif;
            border-collapse: collapse;
            width: 100%;
        }

        td,
        th {
            border: 1px solid #00000055;
            text-align: left;
            padding: 8px;
        }

        tr:nth-child(even) {
            background-color: #dddddd;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>

    <h2>HTML Table</h2>

    <table>
        <tr>
            <th>Company</th>
            <th>Contact</th>
            <th>Country</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Magazzini Alimentari Moctezuma</td>
            <td>Yoshi Chang</td>
            <td>Germany</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Laughing Bacchus Futterkiste</td>
            <td>Giovanni Anders</td>
            <td>Mexico</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Ernst Trading</td>
            <td>Bennett Roland</td>
            <td>Austria</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Island Handel</td>
            <td>Mendel Helen</td>
            <td>UK</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Centro comercial Riuniti</td>
            <td>Maria Rovelli</td>
            <td>Italy</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Alfreds Winecellars </td>
            <td>Francisco Tannamuri</td>
            <td>Canada</td>
        </tr>
    </table>

</body>

</html>
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