In this chapter we will read about and understand the tag <col> of HTML In the HTML column, <col> tags of the HTML are used to specify the normal column property for each column within <colgroup> element. This tag applies only if the normal style rule is applied to each column cell.
HTML col tag Syntax:-
<col span="" style="">Browser Support:-
All modern browsers support this tag of HTML.
Attributes:-
| Value | Attribute | Description |
| left right center justify char | align | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the alignment of the content related to a <col> element |
| character | char | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the alignment of the content related to a <col> element to a character |
| number | charoff | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the number of characters the content will be aligned from the character specified by the char attribute |
| number | span | Specifies the number of columns a <col> element should span |
| top middle bottom baseline | valign | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the vertical alignment of the content related to a <col> element |
| % pixels relative_length | width | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the width of a <col> element |
Example:-
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML col tag</title>
<style>
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<colgroup>
<col span="2" style="background-color: #ccc;">
<col style="background-color: red;">
</colgroup>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Roll No.</th>
<th>Maths</th>
<th>Science</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First Name</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>89</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Second Name</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>90</td>
<td>70</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>Output:-
