HTML COLGROUP (<colgroup>) Tag

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The <colgroup> tag describes a collection of columns with mutual properties inside a table. It works identical to a parent container containing several < col> elements, used to apply properties in a table.

The <colgroup> tag is written inside <table> tag, before the <thead>, <tbody>, <tfoot> and <tr> and after <caption>.

The <colgroup> tag comes in pairs thus, closing </colgroup> tag is also required.

Browsers Support:

Google Chrome	Firefox	Safari	Internet Explorer

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>The ColgroupTag</title>
    <style>
       table, td, th {
       border: 2px solid gray;
       border-collapse: collapse;}
    </style>
 </head>
 <body>
    <h2>Example of Colgroup Tag</h2>
    <p><b>Note:</b> The colgroup tag must be used with table element after caption & before thead or tbody elements</p>
   <table width="450">
      <caption>Random Details </caption>
      <col span="2" style="background-color:red">
      <col style="background-color:yellow">
      <thead>
        <tr>
           <th>Sr. No.</th>
           <th>Name</th>
           <th>Email</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
       <tbody>
        <tr>
           <td>1.</td>
           <td>XYZ</td>
           <td>xyz@codingtag.com</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
           <td>2.</td>
           <td>ABC</td>
           <td>abc@codingtag.com</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
           <td>3.</td>
           <td>Codinguser</td>
           <td>codeuser@codingtag.com</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

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