HTML | <col> width Attribute

The HTML <col> width Attribute is used to specify the width of a column element. If width attribute is not set then it takes default width according to content. It is not supported by HTML 5.

Syntax:

<col width="pixels | % | relative_length">

Attribute Values:

pixels: It sets the width of table in terms of pixels.
%: It sets the width of table in terms of percentage (%).
relative_length: It sets the relative width of column element.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>HTML col width Attribute</title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
  
    <h2>HTML col width Attribute</h2> 
  
    <table border="1"> 
        <col width="150"> 
            <col width="100"> 
  
                <tr> 
                    <th>Name</th> 
                    <th>Expenses</th> 
                </tr> 
  
                <tr> 
                    <td>BITTU</td> 
                    <td>2500.00</td> 
                </tr> 
  
                <tr> 
                    <td>RAKESH</td> 
                    <td>1400.00</td> 
                </tr> 
    </table> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <col> width attribute are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Safari
Opera

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