Tags

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Tables in HTML are relatively simple to create and modify. This is done using the tags:

  • <table> to declare a table.
  • </table> to end the table.
  • <tr> to declare the start of a new row.
  • <th> to declare the start of a new table header
  • </th> to declare the end of a table header
  • </tr> to declare the end of a row.
  • <td> to declare a cell.
  • </td> to close a cell.

The code:
<table>
<tr>
<td>TITLE 1</td>
<td>TITLE 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Contents 1</td>
<td>Contents 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Contents 3</td>
<td>Contents 4</td>
</tr>
</table>

Will output:

TITLE 1 TITLE 2
Contents 1 Contents 2
Contents 3 Contents 4

Modifications

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Width

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To control table width, width = "'''x'''" can be added to the <table>, replacing x with the desired width, in pixels or %.
eg <table width="100"> will generate a 100px wide table.

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Border

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To adjust border width, add border = "'''x'''" to the <table> tag, with x replaced with the desired border width in pixels.
eg <table border = "1"> will generate a table with border width 1px.

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Divider Lines

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To choose where divider lines appear, rules is added to the <table> tag, with one of the following arguments:

  • none
  • groups
  • rows
  • cols
  • all

eg <table rules="cols"> will return a table with only columns divided.

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NB: This only works with a visible border, ie border width>0px.

Frames

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To hide one or more sections of border, frame is added to the <table> tag, with one of these arguments:

*voidshows no border
*aboveshows border only on top side
*belowshows only on bottom side
*hsidesshows only on top+bottom
*lhsshows only on left side
*rhsshows only on right side
*vsidesshows only on left+right sides
*boxshows on all sides
*bordershows on all sides


eg <table frame="lhs"> will return a table with border only on the left side.

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Cell Padding

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To control the amount of padding between the contents of a cell and its borders, use cellpadding="x" to the <table> tag, with x as the amount of padding you want, in pixels or %. eg <table cellpadding="10"> will draw a table with 10px cell padding.

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Cell Spacing

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The space between cells is controlled the same way as cell padding, only with cellspacing="x" used instead.
eg <table cellspacing="5"> will draw a table with 5px cell padding.


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Background

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setting image Background from url or local file

example: <table background="C:\Users\blackos\Pictures\eveningdavid.jpg">

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