In this chapter you have learnt:

• The table tag defines a table. Table headers, table rows, table cells and other tables can be displayed inside the <table> tags.
• The “align” and “bgcolor” attributes of the <table> tag in HTML have been are not supported in XHTML.
• Border, cellpadding, cellspacing, width, background, are all attributes of the table tag.
• The tr tag is used to designate a table row.
• Halign and valign are the attributes used for the alignment of the cells in the row.
• The td tags sets a single table cell in which data is shown.
• The th tag is used to write the header for a column or a row.
• The col tag is used to define the attributes for one or more columns in an HTML table.
• Colgroup defines a group of columns in the table and allows the user to set the properties of these columns.

Question 1

How can the border surrounding a table be set?

<table border=2> </table>

Question 2

What is the function of cellpadding?

It sets the amount of space between the cell walls and the contents

Question 3

What does align attribute do?

It sets the position of the table in relation to the page

Question 4

Which tag is used to designate a table row?

Tr tag

Question 5

What is the function of the col tag?

It defines the attributes for one or more columns in an HTML table

Question 6

What is the function of span attribute of col tag?

It indicates that how many columns the col tag effects

The next chapter will acquaint you with the basic concepts of frames. This chapter will further elucidate how to divide the web page into different frames.

Hop over to the next chapter to get a close up on tables.