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What is the rule attribute in HTML Table ?

Last Updated : 13 Jan, 2022
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This is an HTML attribute, that is used to specify which parts of the inside borders should be visible. The HTML rule attribute is applicable on table tags. The <table> rules attribute is not supported by HTML 5.

Syntax:

<table rules="value">

Attributes: This attribute accepts 5 values all are mentioned and described below.

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

Example: The below example illustrates the rule attribute in HTML.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
  
    <h2>What is rule attribute in HTML Table?</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>
    </center>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

HTML rule attribute in HTML Table



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