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HTML <col> span Attribute

HTML col Tag Reference HTML <col> tag

Example

Here, the first two columns should have a background color of red:

<table border="1">
  <colgroup>
    <col span="2" style="background-color:red" />
    <col style="background-color:yellow" />
  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>ISBN</th>
    <th>Title</th>
    <th>Price</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>3476896</td>
    <td>My first HTML</td>
    <td>$53</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>5869207</td>
    <td>My first CSS</td>
    <td>$49</td>
  </tr>
</table>

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Browser Support

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The span attribute is supported in all major browsers.


Definition and Usage

The span attribute defines the number of columns a <col> element should span.


Syntax

<col span="number">

Attribute Values

Value Description
number Sets the number of columns a <col> element should span


HTML col Tag Reference HTML <col> tag
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