<COLGROUP ...>
| Usage Recommendation |
|---|
| use it, but don't rely on it |
SPAN: how many columns this affectsALIGN: alignment of cell contents | |
WIDTH: Width of the column group |
<COLGROUP ...> defines a group of columns in the table and allows you to set properties of those columns. <COLGROUP ...> goes immediately after the <TABLE ...> tag and before any
<TR ...>, <THEAD ...>, <TBODY ...>, or
<TFOOT ...> tags. <COLGROUP ...> works very much like <COL ...>, but be sure to note that <COLGROUP ...> requires both an opening and closing tag.
<COLGROUP ...> is most useful for defining column groups to use in conjunction with
<TABLE RULES=GROUPS> to put
borders between groups of columns instead of between every column. For example the following code creates a table that puts the first column in a group by itself, all the remaining columns in a group together, and puts borders between the groups of columns.
<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=4 RULES=GROUPS FRAME=BOX>
<COLGROUP></COLGROUP>
<COLGROUP SPAN=3></COLGROUP>
| Weekday | Date | Manager | Qty |
| Monday | 09/11 | Kelsey | 639 |
| Tuesday | 09/12 | Lindsey | 596 |
| Wednesday | 09/13 | Randy | 1135 |
| Thursday | 09/14 | Susan | 1002 |
| Friday | 09/15 | Randy | 908 |
| Saturday | 09/16 | Lindsey | 371 |
| Sunday | 09/17 | Susan | 272 |
See Table Borders: Between Groups of Columns for more details about putting borders between columns.
