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The colspan attribute on a table cell element specifies the number of columns this cell should occupy, i.e. span.

Elements that accept this attribute are <td>, and <th>.

Example

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A colspan attribute on a <td> element. The last row stretches over two columns.

Investor Amount
Joel Nais $250
Tom Simpson $300
Greta Waltz $100
Total amount invested: $650
<style> table.tb {width:300px;border-collapse:collapse;} .tb th {background-color:lightblue;} .tb th, .tb td {border:solid 1px #777;padding:5px;} </style> <table class="tb"> <tr> <th>Investor</th> <th>Amount</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Joel Nais</td> <td>$250</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tom Simpson</td> <td>$300</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Greta Waltz</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Total amount invested: <b>$650</b></td> </tr> </table> Try it live

For additional details see our HTML td colspan Reference.

Using colspan

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A value of 0 will span until the last column in the current <colgroup> (column group).

The default value is 1, meaning no column span.

Syntax

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<tagname colspan="number">

Values

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Value Description
number Number of columns the table cell should span.

Elements that accept colspan

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These table elements accept the colspan attribute.

Elements Description
<td> Creates a standard table cell -- see example above
<th> Creates a table header cell.

<th> with colspan

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A <th> tag with a colspan attribute. The first header cell spans two columns.

Name Country
Denice Templeman Italy
Paulo Cornell USA
Maria Larsson Sweden
<style> table.tbl {width:300px;border-collapse:collapse;} .tbl th, .tbl td {border:solid 1px #777;padding:5px;} .tbl th {background-color: lightblue;} </style> <table class="tbl"> <tr> <th colspan="2">Name</th> <th>Country</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Denice</td> <td>Templeman</td> <td>Italy</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Paulo</td> <td>Cornell</td> <td>USA</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Maria</td> <td>Larsson</td> <td>Sweden</td> </tr> </table> Try it live

For additional details see our HTML th colspan Reference.

Browser support

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Here is when colspan support started for each browser:

Chrome 1.0 Sep 2008
Firefox 1.0 Sep 2002
IE/Edge 1.0 Aug 1995
Opera 1.0 Jan 2006
Safari 1.0 Jan 2003

You may also like

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  • Our HTML td Tag Reference
  • Our HTML th Tag Reference
  • Our CSS Tables Tutorial

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