Web Developer's Reference Guide

Tables

Tables are useful for showing data. They make defining rows and columns very easy. In the past, tables were used to create layouts, but today, that is done with CSS. They should be used to only display the tabular data.

table

The syntax of the table element is as follows:

<table></table>

Description

The table element is the root element for creating a table. All the other elements in this section must be children of this element.

Here is a simple example of the table element:

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>Column in Row 1</td>
    </tr>
</table>

caption

The syntax of the caption element is as follows:

<caption></caption>

Description

The caption element will be the title of the table. This element must be the first child of the table element.

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