Colspan & Rowspan

HTML tables can have cells that span over multiple rows and/or columns.

HTML Table - Colspan

To make a cell span over multiple columns, use the colspan attribute:

Example

  <table>
  <tr>
    <th colspan="2">Name</th>

  <th>Age</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>

  <td>Jill</td>
    <td>Smith</td>

  <td>43</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Eve</td>

  <td>Jackson</td>
    <td>57</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Note: The value of the colspan attribute represents the number of columns to span.

HTML Table - Rowspan

To make a cell span over multiple rows, use the rowspan attribute:

Example

  <table>
  <tr>
    <th>Name</th>

  <td>Jill</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th rowspan="2">Phone</th>

  <td>555-1234</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>

  <td>555-8745</td>
</tr>
</table>

Note: The value of the rowspan attribute represents the number of rows to span.