This article will show you how a column can be made to span over multiple cells. This is done using the colspan attribute when using the <td> tag. This allows the single table cell to span the width of more than one cell or column. It provides similar functionality to the “merge cell” functions in spreadsheet programs like Excel.
Syntax:
<td colspan = "value">table content...</td>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html> < html >
< head >
< style >
body {
text-align: center;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
table,
tbody,
td {
border: 1px solid black;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >
How to define the number of
columns a cell should span
using HTML5?
</ h2 >
< table >
<!-- The <tr> tag starts here -->
< tr >
< th >Name</ th >
< th >User ID</ th >
</ tr >
< tr >
< td >Anmol</ td >
< td >345</ td >
</ tr >
< tr >
< td >Priya</ td >
< td >567</ td >
</ tr >
<!-- The last row -->
< tr >
<!-- This td will span two
columns, that is a single
column will take up the
space of 2 -->
< td colspan = "2" >
Sumit: 6574
</ td >
</ tr >
</ table >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari