HTML COL (<col>) Tag

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HTML <col> tag is used to specify common column properties for each column inside <colgroup> element in a table. If you want to apply style rules to a specific column cell, you have to go with individual style.

The <col> tag is written as <col> (no end tag). You can also use the span attribute to specify the number of columns to span.

In HTML <col> tag does not require a closing tag but in XHTML it require a closing </col> tag.

Browsers Support:

Google Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Internet Explorer

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <title>The Col Tag</title>
   <style>
     table, td, th {
     border: 2px solid gray;
     border-collapse: collapse;}
    </style>
 </head>
 <body>
    <h2>Example of Col Tag</h2>
    <p><b>Note:</b> In HTML col tag does not require closing tag but in XHTML it requires closing tag</p>
   <table width="450">
     <col span="2" style="background-color:red">
     <col style="background-color:yellow">
      <tr>
        <th>Sr. No.</th>
        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Email</th>
      </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>1.</td>
          <td>Jai</td>
          <td>dummy@codingtag.com</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>2.</td>
          <td>Lalita</td>
          <td>lalita@codingtag.com</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>3.</td>
          <td>Codinguser</td>
          <td>codinguser@codingtag.com</td>
        </tr>   
</table>  
</body>  
</html>

Execute

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