Learning HTML
Table Examples

Adapted from Netscape's The Table Sampler documentation.

A	B	C
D	E	F

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

TWO DEMONSTRATIONS OF ROWSPAN

Item 1	Item 2	Item 3
Item 4		Item 5

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 1</TD>
		<TD ROWSPAN=2>Item 2</TD>
		<TD>Item 3</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 4</TD> <TD>Item 5</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

Item 1	Item 2	Item 3	Item 4
	Item 5	Item 6	Item 7

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD ROWSPAN=2>Item 1</TD>
	    	<TD>Item 2</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 4</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 5</TD> <TD>Item 6</TD> <TD>Item 7</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF COLSPAN

Item 1	Item 2
Item 3	Item 4	Item 5

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 1</TD>
		<TD COLSPAN=2>Item 2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 4</TD> <TD>Item 5</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF HEADERS, <TH>

Head1	Head2	Head3
A	B	C
D	E	F

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TH>Head1</TH> <TH>Head2</TH> <TH>Head3</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>	

DEMONSTRATION OF COLSPAN AND HEADERS,

Head1		Head2
A	B	C	D
E	F	G	H

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TH COLSPAN=2>Head1</TH>
	    	<TH COLSPAN=2>Head2</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD> <TD>D</TD> 
	</TR>
	<TR>	
		<TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD> <TD>G</TD> <TD>H</TD> 
	</TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF MULTIPLE HEADERS, COLSPAN

Head1		Head2
Head 3	Head 4	Head 5	Head 6
A	B	C	D
E	F	G	H

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TH COLSPAN=2>Head1</TH>
		<TH COLSPAN=2>Head2</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TH>Head 3</TH> <TH>Head 4</TH> 
		<TH>Head 5</TH> <TH>Head 6</TH> 
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD> <TD>D</TD> 
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD> <TD>G</TD> <TD>H</TD> 
	</TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF SIDE HEADERS

Head1	Item 1	Item 2	Item 3
Head2	Item 4	Item 5	Item 6
Head3	Item 7	Item 8	Item 9

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR><TH>Head1</TH>
		<TD>Item 1</TD> <TD>Item 2</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD></TR>
	<TR><TH>Head2</TH>
		<TD>Item 4</TD> <TD>Item 5</TD> <TD>Item 6</TD></TR>
	<TR><TH>Head3</TH>
		<TD>Item 7</TD> <TD>Item 8</TD> <TD>Item 9</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF SIDE HEADERS, ROWSPAN

Head1	Item 1	Item 2	Item 3	Item 4
	Item 5	Item 6	Item 7	Item 8
Head2	Item 9	Item 10	Item 3	Item 11

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR><TH ROWSPAN=2>Head1</TH>
	    <TD>Item 1</TD> <TD>Item 2</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 4</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR><TD>Item 5</TD> <TD>Item 6</TD> <TD>Item 7</TD> <TD>Item 8</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR><TH>Head2</TH>
	    <TD>Item 9</TD> <TD>Item 10</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 11</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

SAMPLE TABLE USING ALL OF THESE

		Average
		Height	Weight
Gender	Males	1.9	0.003
	Females	1.7	0.002

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>	<TD><TH ROWSPAN=2></TH>
		<TH COLSPAN=2>Average</TH></TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TD><TH>Height</TH><TH>Weight</TH></TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TH ROWSPAN=2>Gender</TH>
	    	<TH>Males</TH><TD>1.9</TD><TD>0.003</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TH>Females</TH><TD>1.7</TD><TD>0.002</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

CLEVER USES OF ROWSPAN/COLSPAN

A		1	2
		3	4
C		D

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD ALIGN=center ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=2>A</TD>
		<TD>1</TD>
		<TD>2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>3</TD>
		<TD>4</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD ALIGN=center ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=2>C</TD>
		<TD ALIGN=center ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=2>D</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

ADJUSTING MARGINS AND BORDERS

A TABLE WITHOUT BORDERS

Item 1	Item 2	Item 3
Item 4		Item 5

<TABLE>
	<TR>	<TD>Item 1</TD> <TD ROWSPAN=2>Item 2</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD> 
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TD>Item 4</TD> <TD>Item 5</TD> 
	</TR>
</TABLE>

A TABLE WITH A BORDER OF 10

Item 1	Item 2
Item 3	Item 4

<TABLE BORDER=10>
	<TR>	<TD>Item 1</TD> <TD> Item 2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 4</TD> 
	</TR>
</TABLE>

CELLPADDING AND CELLSPACING

A	B	C
D	E	F

<TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=0>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

A	B	C
D	E	F

<TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=10>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

A	B	C
D	E	F

<TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=10>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

A	B	C
D	E	F

<TABLE BORDER=5 CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=10>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>

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Last Update: August 25, 1999
Contact: ISU Extension Training Team (eittrain@iastate.edu)
Adapted From: Netscape's Tables in Netscape 1.1 documentation.