HTML 5 <table> Tag
The HTML <table>
tag is used for defining a table. The <table>
tag contains other tags that define the structure of the table.
Table Elements
Tables consist of the <table>
element as well as other table-related elements. These other elements are nested inside the <table>
tags to determine how the table is constructed.
The <table>
element can contain the following elements (and in this order):
- optionally a
<caption>
tag - followed by zero or more
<colgroup>
tags - followed optionally by a
<thead>
tag - followed optionally by a
<tfoot>
tag - followed by either zero or more
<tbody>
tags or one or more<tr>
tags - followed optionally by a
<tfoot>
tag (but there can only be one<tfoot>
tag child in total) - optionally intermixed with one or more script-supporting elements (i.e. either
<script>
tag or<template>
) tag
Each <tr>
element represents a row in the table. A row can have one or more <td>
or <th>
elements, which determine the columns in the table. Specifically, <td>
represents table data and <th>
represents a table header.
Demo
Attributes
HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave. Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double quotes. Here's an example, style="color:black;"
.
There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.
The attributes that you can add to this tag are listed below.
Element-Specific Attributes
The following table shows the attributes that are specific to this tag/element.
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
border | Specifies whether the table cells should have borders or not.
Possible values:
Note that the WHATWG HTML Living Standard does not support the Also, W3C states that the Generally, unless you have a specific reason to use the |
sortable | Specifies that the data in the table can be sorted.
This is a boolean attribute. If the attribute is present, its value must either be the empty string or a value that is an ASCII case-insensitive match for the attribute's canonical name, with no leading or trailing whitespace (i.e. either Possible values:
Also see the |
Global Attributes
The following attributes are standard across all HTML 5 tags.
- accesskey
- class
- contenteditable
- contextmenu
- dir
- draggable
- dropzone
- hidden
- id
- itemid
- itemprop
- itemref
- itemscope
- itemtype
- lang
- spellcheck
- style
- tabindex
- title
- translate
For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 global attributes.
Event Handler Content Attributes
Event handler content attributes enable you to invoke a script from within your HTML. The script is invoked when a certain "event" occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event.
Here are the standard HTML 5 event handler content attributes.
- onabort
- oncancel
- onblur
- oncanplay
- oncanplaythrough
- onchange
- onclick
- oncontextmenu
- ondblclick
- ondrag
- ondragend
- ondragenter
- ondragexit
- ondragleave
- ondragover
- ondragstart
- ondrop
- ondurationchange
- onemptied
- onended
- onerror
- onfocus
- onformchange
- onforminput
- oninput
- oninvalid
- onkeydown
- onkeypress
- onkeyup
- onload
- onloadeddata
- onloadedmetadata
- onloadstart
- onmousedown
- onmousemove
- onmouseout
- onmouseover
- onmouseup
- onmousewheel
- onpause
- onplay
- onplaying
- onprogress
- onratechange
- onreadystatechange
- onscroll
- onseeked
- onseeking
- onselect
- onshow
- onstalled
- onsubmit
- onsuspend
- ontimeupdate
- onvolumechange
- onwaiting
For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 event handler content attributes.