Basic Table Tags
A wide variety of tables can be created with only five tags: the
<table> tag, which encapsulates a table and
its elements in the document’s body content; the
<tr> tag, which defines a table row; the
<th> and <td> tags,
which define the table’s headers and data cells; and
the <caption> tag, which defines a title or
caption for the table. Beyond these core tags, you may also define
and control whole sections of tables, including adding running
headers and footers, with the <colgroup>,
<col>, <tbody>,
<thead>, and
<tfoot> tags. Each tag has one or more
required and optional attributes, some of which affect not only the
tag itself but also related tags.
The <table> Tag
The
<table> tag and its
</table> end tag define and encapsulate a
table within the body of your document. Unless otherwise placed
within the browser window by style sheet, paragraph, division-level,
or other alignment options, the browser stops the current text flow,
breaks the line, inserts the table beginning on a new line, and then
restarts the text flow on a new line below the table.
<table>
- Function:
Defines a table
- Attributes:
align,background(
, 
),
bgcolor,border,bordercolor(, ), bordercolordark(), ...
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