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Defining An HTML Table

The document discusses various ways to style HTML tables using CSS, including: 1) Adding borders with the border property; 2) Collapsing borders with border-collapse; 3) Adding padding to cells with the padding property. 4) Aligning table headings to the left with text-align. 5) Adding spacing between cells with border-spacing. 6) Making cells span multiple columns or rows using colspan and rowspan attributes. 7) Styling a specific table with an ID selector.

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Defining An HTML Table

The document discusses various ways to style HTML tables using CSS, including: 1) Adding borders with the border property; 2) Collapsing borders with border-collapse; 3) Adding padding to cells with the padding property. 4) Aligning table headings to the left with text-align. 5) Adding spacing between cells with border-spacing. 6) Making cells span multiple columns or rows using colspan and rowspan attributes. 7) Styling a specific table with an ID selector.

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Defining an HTML Table

An HTML table is defined with the <table> tag.


Each table row is defined with the <tr> tag. A table header is defined with the <th> tag.
By default, table headings are bold and centered. A table data/cell is defined with
the <td> tag.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h2>Basic HTML Table</h2>

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

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HTML Table - Adding a Border


If you do not specify a border for the table, it will be displayed without borders.
A border is set using the CSS border property:

Example
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>Bordered Table</h2>
<p>Use the CSS border property to add a border to the table.</p>

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>

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</table>

</body>
</html>

HTML Table - Collapsed Borders


If you want the borders to collapse into one border, add the CSS border-
collapse property:

Example
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>Collapsed Borders</h2>
<p>If you want the borders to collapse into one border, add the CSS border-collapse
property.</p>

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>

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<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

HTML Table - Adding Cell Padding


Cell padding specifies the space between the cell content and its borders.
If you do not specify a padding, the table cells will be displayed without padding.
To set the padding, use the CSS padding property:

Example
th, td {
padding: 15px;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th, td {
padding: 15px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

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<h2>Cellpadding</h2>
<p>Cell padding specifies the space between the cell content and its borders.</p>

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>
</table>

<p>Try to change the padding to 5px.</p>

</body>
</html>

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HTML Table - Left-align Headings


By default, table headings are bold and centered.
To left-align the table headings, use the CSS text-align property:

Example
th {
text-align: left;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th, td {
padding: 5px;
}
th {
text-align: left;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>Left-align Headings</h2>
<p>To left-align the table headings, use the CSS text-align property.</p>

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td>

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</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

HTML Table - Adding Border Spacing


Border spacing specifies the space between the cells.
To set the border spacing for a table, use the CSS border-spacing property:

Example
table {
border-spacing: 5px;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 5px;
}
table {
border-spacing: 15px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>Border Spacing</h2>
<p>Border spacing specifies the space between the cells.</p>

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>

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</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>
</table>

<p>Try to change the border-spacing to 5px.</p>

</body>
</html>

HTML Table - Cells that Span Many Columns


To make a cell span more than one column, use the colspan attribute:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}

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th, td {
padding: 5px;
text-align: left;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>Cell that spans two columns</h2>


<p>To make a cell span more than one column, use the colspan attribute.</p>

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th colspan="2">Telephone</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bill Gates</td>
<td>55577854</td>
<td>55577855</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

HTML Table - Cells that Span Many Rows


To make a cell span more than one row, use the rowspan attribute:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th, td {
padding: 5px;
text-align: left;
}

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</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>Cell that spans two rows</h2>


<p>To make a cell span more than one row, use the rowspan attribute.</p>

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Name:</th>
<td>Bill Gates</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">Telephone:</th>
<td>55577854</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>55577855</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

A Special Style for One Table


To define a special style for a special table, add an id attribute to the table:

Example
<table id="t01">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
</table>

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th, td {
padding: 15px;
text-align: left;
}
table#t01 {
width: 100%;
background-color: #f1f1c1;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h2>Styling Tables</h2>

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>

<table id="t01">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>

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<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

Chapter Summary
Use the HTML <table> element to define a table
Use the HTML <tr> element to define a table row
Use the HTML <td> element to define a table data
Use the HTML <th> element to define a table heading
Use the HTML <caption> element to define a table caption

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Use the CSS border property to define a border


Use the CSS border-collapse property to collapse cell borders
Use the CSS padding property to add padding to cells
Use the CSS text-align property to align cell text
Use the CSS border-spacing property to set the spacing between cells
Use the colspan attribute to make a cell span many columns
Use the rowspan attribute to make a cell span many rows
Use the id attribute to uniquely define one table

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