HTML Tag


The col tag in HTML is used to set column properties for each column. These columns should be within a <colgroup> element.

Following is the attribute −

  • span: The number of columns a <col> element should span

Let us now see an example to implement the col tag in HTML −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {
   border: 2px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>ICC Rankings</h2>
<table>
   <colgroup>
      <col span="2" style="background-color:magento;">
      <col style="background-color:blue;">
   </colgroup>
   <tr>
      <th>Player</th>
      <th>Country</th>
      <th>Rank</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>Jack</td>
      <td>WI</td>
      <td>1</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>Tom</td>
      <td>AUS</td>
      <td>2</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>Virat</td>
      <td>IND</td>
      <td>3</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>Steve</td>
      <td>AUS</td>
      <td>4</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
      <td>Kane</td>
      <td>NZ</td>
      <td>5</td>
   </tr> 
   <tr>
      <td>David</td>
      <td>AUS</td>
      <td>6</td>
   </tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Output


Updated on: 30-Jul-2019

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