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HTML <col> Tag

Example

Set the background color of the three columns with the <colgroup> and <col> tags:

<table>
  <colgroup>
    <col span="2" style="background-color:red">
    <col style="background-color:yellow">
  </colgroup>
  <tr>
    <th>ISBN</th>
    <th>Title</th>
    <th>Price</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>3476896</td>
    <td>My first HTML</td>
    <td>$53</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Definition and Usage

The <col> tag specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element.

The <col> tag is useful for applying styles to entire columns, instead of repeating the styles for each cell, for each row.

Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Most of the attributes in HTML 4.01 are not supported in HTML5.

Differences Between HTML and XHTML

In HTML the <col> tag has no end tag.

In XHTML, the <col> tag must be properly closed.