HTML span Attribute

Definition and Usage

The span attribute defines the number of columns a <col> or <colgroup> element should span.

Applies to

The span attribute can be used on the following elements:

Elements	Attribute
<col>	span
<colgroup>	span

Examples

Col Example

Here, the first two columns should have a background color of red:

<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>

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Colgroup Example

Set the background color of the first two columns using the <colgroup> span attribute:

<table>
<colgroup span="2" style="background:red"></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>
<tr>
    <td>5869207</td>
    <td>My first CSS</td>
    <td>$49</td>
</tr>
</table>

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Browser Support

The span attribute has the following browser support for each element:

Element
col	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
colgroup	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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