HTML Tables

        HTML Tables Apples 44% Bananas 23% Oranges 13% Other 10% Tables Tables are defined with the tag. A table is divided into rows (with the tag), and each row is divided into data cells (with the , and elements are seldom used, because of bad browser support. Expect this to change in future versions of XHTML. If you have Internet Explorer 5.0 or newer, you can view a working example in our XML tutorial.   Table Tags Tag Description

tag). The letters td stands for "table data," which is the content of a data cell. A data cell can contain text, images, lists, paragraphs, forms, horizontal rules, tables, etc. row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2 How it looks in a browser: row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2   Tables and the Border Attribute If you do not specify a border attribute the table will be displayed without any borders. Sometimes this can be useful, but most of the time, you want the borders to show. To display a table with borders, you will have to use the border attribute: Row 1, cell 1 Row 1, cell 2   Headings in a Table Headings in a table are defined with the

tag. Heading Another Heading row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2 How it looks in a browser: Heading Another Heading row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2   Empty Cells in a Table Table cells with no content are not displayed very well in most browsers. row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 How it looks in a browser: row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1 Note that the borders around the empty table cell are missing (NB! Mozilla Firefox displays the border). To avoid this, add a non-breaking space ( ) to empty data cells, to make the borders visible:  row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1   How it looks in a browser: row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 2, cell 1     Basic Notes - Useful Tips The

Defines a table Defines a table row Defines groups of table columns Defines the attribute values for one or more columns in a table Defines a table head Defines a table body Defines a table footer    

Defines a table caption

Defines a table header
Defines a table cell