How ‹table› Tag works in HTML

1.1 Introduction

The HTML ‹table› tag is used for defining a table. The table tag contains other tags that define the structure of the table. In other words, An HTML table consists of the ‹table› element and one or more ‹tr›, ‹th›, and ‹td› elements.

1.2 Syntax

‹table attribute="value"›Inside Tags‹/table›

‹table align="left" bgcolor="red" border="1px solid black"›
‹th›
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‹/th›
‹tr›
‹td›
content
‹/td›
‹/tr›
‹/table›

1.3 Attributes of ‹table› tag

Attribute Value Description
align left, right, center Defines the Visual alignment.
bgcolor rgb(x,x,x), #xxxxxx, colorname Sets the a background color.
border pixels Specifies the border width. A value of "0" means no border.
width pixels Specifies the width of the table.
height pixels Specifies the height of the table.