HTML | <table> rules Attribute

Last Updated : 27 Mar, 2023

The HTML <table> rules Attribute is used to specify which parts of the inside borders that should be visible.

Syntax:

<table rules="value">

Attribute Values:

none: It does not create any lines.
groups: It create lines between row and column groups.
rows: It creates line between the rows.
cols: It creates line between the columns.
all: It creates line between the rows and columns.

Note: The <table> rules Attribute is not supported by HTML 5.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML table rules Attribute
    </title>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
 
    <h2>HTML table rules Attribute</h2>
 
    <table rules="rows">
        <tr>
            <th>NAME</th>
            <th>AGE</th>
            <th>BRANCH</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>BITTU</td>
            <td>22</td>
            <td>CSE</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <br>
    <table rules="cols">
        <tr>
            <th>NAME</th>
            <th>AGE</th>
            <th>BRANCH</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>BITTU</td>
            <td>22</td>
            <td>CSE</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <br>
    <table rules="all">
        <tr>
            <th>NAME</th>
            <th>AGE</th>
            <th>BRANCH</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>BITTU</td>
            <td>22</td>
            <td>CSE</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</body>
 
</html>