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HTML <col> span Attribute

❮ HTML <col> tag

Example

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

<table>
  <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>
</table>
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Definition and Usage

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


Browser Support

Attribute
span Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Syntax

<col span="number">

Attribute Values

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

❮ HTML <col> tag