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LAST UPDATED: JUNE 2, 2020

HTML colgroup Tag

The HTML <colgroup> tag is used to specify the properties like font color, background color, border, etc for a group of columns in a table.

  • This is helpful in applying a style to multiple columns without defining the style again and again for each cell just like the HTML <col> tag.

  • The <colgroup> tag must be placed after the <caption> tag and before the <tbody>, <thead>, <tfoot>, <tr> tags.

  • You can use the span attribute of the <colgroup> tag to specify the number of columns on which you want to apply the properties

HTML <colgroup> Tag - Syntax and Usage

The <colgroup> element requires the start(opening) tag and end(closing) tag.

Given Below is the required syntax for the same:

<colgroup>
.....
</colgroup>

HTML <colgroup> Tag Basic Example

Below we have a basic example for clear understanding of <colgroup> tag:

In the example above, we have used the span attribute to cover two columns using the <colgroup> tag.

HTML <colgroup> Tag Attributes

This element does not have any specific attributes although this element supports Global attributes and Event attributes.

The main attribute of the <colgroup> tag is the span attribute.

  • The span attribute can have a value in the form of a positive integer.

  • The default value of the span attribute is 1.

  • The value of span indicates the number of consecutive columns the colgroup element spans or covers.

Default CSS style for HTML <colgroup> tag

colgroup {
  display: table-column-group;
}

Browser Support for HTML5<colgroup> tag

Following browsers support this attribute:

  • Firefox 1+

  • Google Chrome 1+

  • Internet Explorer 4+

  • Apple Safari 1+

  • Opera 7+



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