HTML | colspan Attribute – GeeksforGeeks

The colspan attribute in HTML specifies the number of columns a cell should span. It allows the single table cell to span the width of more than one cell or column. It provides the same functionality as “merge cell” in a spreadsheet program like Excel.
Usage: It can be used with <td> and <th> element while creating an HTML Table.
 

Attribute Values: It contains a value i.e number Which specify the number of columns that a cell should span. 

Note: colspan=”0″ tells the browser to span the cell to the last column of the column group (colgroup). 

  • <td>: The colspan attribute when used with <td> tag determines the number of standard cells it should span. 
    Syntax:
<td colspan = "value">table content...</td>

The value specifies the number of columns that the cell fills. The value must be an integer. 
Example: 
 

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html




<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

 

<head>

    <title>HTML colspan Attribute</title>

    <style>

     

        table, th, td {

            border: 1px solid black;

            border-collapse: collapse;

            padding: 6px;

            text-align:center;

        }

 

    </style>

</head>

 

<body>

    <center>

        <h1 style="color: green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>

        <h2>HTML colspan Attribute</h2>

        <table>

            <tr>

                <th>Name</th>

                <th>Expense</th>

            </tr>

            <tr>

                <td>Arun</td>

                <td>$10</td>

            </tr>

            <tr>

                <td>Priya</td>

                <td>$8</td>

            </tr>

 

            

            <tr>

                

                

                <td colspan="2">Sum: $18</td>

            </tr>

        </table>

    </center>

</body>

 

</html>                



Output: 
 

colspan

  • <th>: The colspan attribute when used with <th> tag determines the number of header cells it should span. 
    Syntax:
<th colspan = "value">table content...</th>

The value specifies the number of columns that the cell fills. The value must be a integer. 
Example: 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

 

<head>

    <title>HTML colspan Attribute</title>

    <style>

        table,

        th,

        td {

            border: 1px solid black;

            border-collapse: collapse;

            padding: 6px;

            text-align: center;

        }

    </style>

</head>

 

<body>

    <center>

        <h1 style="color: green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>

        <h2>HTML colspan Attribute</h2>

 

        <table>

            <tr>

                <th colspan="2">Expense</th>

            </tr>

 

            <tr>

                <td>Arun</td>

                <td>$10</td>

            </tr>

 

            <tr>

                <td>Priya</td>

                <td>$8</td>

            </tr>

        </table>

    </center>

</body>

 

</html>    



Output: 

colspan

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by colspan attribute are listed below:  

  • Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer
  • Firefox
  • Opera
  • Safari

 

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