HTML Standard attribute: span
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The HTML span attribute specifies the number of
columns that a <col>
or <colgroup>
element spans.
Valid attribute
values (for <col>,
<colgroup>)
include:
|
Value
|
Description
|
|
integer
|
Number of columns the
element should span
|
EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
table, th, td {border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
Created using HTML:<br>
<table>
<colgroup>
<col span="2" style="background-color: yellow">
<col style="background-color: orange">
</colgroup>
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr>
</table>
<br><br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<table id="tbl">
<tr><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td></tr>
</table>
<script>
var x = document.createElement("COLGROUP");
var x1 = document.createElement("COL");
var x2 = document.createElement("COL");
x1.setAttribute("span","2");
x1.setAttribute("style","background-color: yellow");
x2.setAttribute("style","background-color: orange");
x.appendChild(x1); x.appendChild(x2);
document.getElementById("tbl").appendChild(x);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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