The Table Sampler

THE TABLE SAMPLER (Part 2)

This is intended to be a Tables tutorial by example. This covers most of the tags in tables, though it doesn't necessarily show some of the really creative capabilities available in tables.

It’s often easier and more flexible, to use cells to create your own headers and captions. You should also experiment with setting table and cell widths in pixels: <table width="1024"> and percents <table width="80%">.

A BASIC 2X3 TABLE

A B C

D E F

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

TWO DEMONSTRATIONS OF ROWSPAN

Item 1 Item 2 Item 3

Item 4 Item 5

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 1</TD>
		<TD ROWSPAN=2>Item 2</TD>
		<TD>Item 3</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 4</TD> <TD>Item 5</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4

Item 5 Item 6 Item 7

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD ROWSPAN=2>Item 1</TD>
	    	<TD>Item 2</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 4</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 5</TD> <TD>Item 6</TD> <TD>Item 7</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF COLSPAN

Item 1 Item 2

Item 3 Item 4 Item 5

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 1</TD>
		<TD COLSPAN=2>Item 2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 4</TD> <TD>Item 5</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF HEADERS, <TH>

Head1 Head2 Head3

A B C

D E F

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TH>Head1</TH> <TH>Head2</TH> <TH>Head3</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF COLSPAN AND HEADERS,

Head1 Head2

A B C D

E F G H

Head1	Head2
A	B	C	D
E	F	G	H

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TH COLSPAN=2>Head1</TH>
	    	<TH COLSPAN=2>Head2</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD> <TD>D</TD> 
	</TR>
	<TR>	
		<TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD> <TD>G</TD> <TD>H</TD> 
	</TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF MULTIPLE HEADERS, COLSPAN

Head1 Head2

Head 3 Head 4 Head 5 Head 6

A B C D

E F G H

Head1	Head2
Head 3	Head 4	Head 5	Head 6
A	B	C	D
E	F	G	H

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TH COLSPAN=2>Head1</TH>
		<TH COLSPAN=2>Head2</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TH>Head 3</TH> <TH>Head 4</TH> 
		<TH>Head 5</TH> <TH>Head 6</TH> 
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD> <TD>D</TD> 
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD> <TD>G</TD> <TD>H</TD> 
	</TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF SIDE HEADERS

Head1 Item 1 Item 2 Item 3

Head2 Item 4 Item 5 Item 6

Head3 Item 7 Item 8 Item 9

Head1	Item 1	Item 2	Item 3
Head2	Item 4	Item 5	Item 6
Head3	Item 7	Item 8	Item 9

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR><TH>Head1</TH>
		<TD>Item 1</TD> <TD>Item 2</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD></TR>
	<TR><TH>Head2</TH>
		<TD>Item 4</TD> <TD>Item 5</TD> <TD>Item 6</TD></TR>
	<TR><TH>Head3</TH>
		<TD>Item 7</TD> <TD>Item 8</TD> <TD>Item 9</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

DEMONSTRATION OF SIDE HEADERS, ROWSPAN

Head1 Item 1 Item 2 Item 3 Item 4

Item 5 Item 6 Item 7 Item 8

Head2 Item 9 Item 10 Item 3 Item 11

Head1	Item 1	Item 2	Item 3	Item 4
Item 5	Item 6	Item 7	Item 8
Head2	Item 9	Item 10	Item 3	Item 11

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR><TH ROWSPAN=2>Head1</TH>
	    <TD>Item 1</TD> <TD>Item 2</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 4</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR><TD>Item 5</TD> <TD>Item 6</TD> <TD>Item 7</TD> <TD>Item 8</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR><TH>Head2</TH>
	    <TD>Item 9</TD> <TD>Item 10</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 11</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

SAMPLE TABLE USING ALL OF THESE

Average

Height Weight

Gender Males 1.9 0.003

Females 1.7 0.002

		Average
	Height	Weight
Gender	Males	1.9	0.003
Females	1.7	0.002

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>	<TD><TH ROWSPAN=2></TH>
		<TH COLSPAN=2>Average</TH></TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TD><TH>Height</TH><TH>Weight</TH></TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TH ROWSPAN=2>Gender</TH>
	    	<TH>Males</TH><TD>1.9</TD><TD>0.003</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TH>Females</TH><TD>1.7</TD><TD>0.002</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

CLEVER USES OF ROWSPAN/COLSPAN

A 1 2

3 4

C D

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TD ALIGN=center ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=2>A</TD>
		<TD>1</TD>
		<TD>2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>3</TD>
		<TD>4</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD ALIGN=center ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=2>C</TD>
		<TD ALIGN=center ROWSPAN=2 COLSPAN=2>D</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

ADJUSTING MARGINS AND BORDERS

A TABLE WITHOUT BORDERS

Item 1 Item 2 Item 3

Item 4 Item 5

<TABLE>
	<TR>	<TD>Item 1</TD> <TD ROWSPAN=2>Item 2</TD> <TD>Item 3</TD> 
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TD>Item 4</TD> <TD>Item 5</TD> 
	</TR>
</TABLE>

A TABLE WITH A BORDER OF 10

Item 1 Item 2

Item 3 Item 4

<TABLE BORDER=10>
	<TR>	<TD>Item 1</TD> <TD> Item 2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>	<TD>Item 3</TD> <TD>Item 4</TD> 
	</TR>
</TABLE>

CELLPADDING AND CELLSPACING

A B C

D E F

<TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=0>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

A	B	C
D	E	F

<TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=10>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

A	B	C
D	E	F

<TABLE BORDER CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=10>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

A B C

D E F

<TABLE BORDER=5 CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=10>
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

ALIGNMENT, CAPTIONS, AND SUBTABLES

DEMONSTRATION OF MULTIPLE LINES IN A TABLE

January February March

This is cell 1 Cell 2 Another cell,
cell 3

Cell 4 and now this
is cell 5 Cell 6

January	February	March
This is cell 1	Cell 2	Another cell, cell 3
Cell 4	and now this is cell 5	Cell 6

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TH>January</TH>
		<TH>February</TH>
		<TH>March</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>This is cell 1</TD>
	    	<TD>Cell 2</TD>
	    	<TD>Another cell,<br> cell 3</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>Cell 4</TD>
	    	<TD>and now this<br>is cell 5</TD>
	    	<TD>Cell 6</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

ALIGN=LEFT|RIGHT|CENTER

can be applied to individual cells or whole ROWs

January February March

all aligned center Cell 2 Another cell,
cell 3

aligned right aligned to center default,
aligned left

January	February	March
all aligned center	Cell 2	Another cell, cell 3
aligned right	aligned to center	default, aligned left

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
	    <TH>January</TH>
	    <TH>February</TH>
	    <TH>March</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR ALIGN=center>
	    <TD>all aligned center</TD>
	    <TD>Cell 2</TD>
	    <TD>Another cell,<br> cell 3</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
	    <TD ALIGN=right>aligned right</TD>
	    <TD ALIGN=center>aligned to center</TD>
	    <TD>default,<br>aligned left</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

VALIGN=TOP|BOTTOM|MIDDLE

can be applied to individual cells or whole ROWs

January February March

all aligned to top and now this
is cell 2 Cell 3

aligned to the top aligned to the bottom default alignment,
center

January	February	March
all aligned to top	and now this is cell 2	Cell 3
aligned to the top	aligned to the bottom	default alignment, center

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR>
		<TH>January</TH>
		<TH>February</TH>
		<TH>March</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR VALIGN=top>
	    <TD>all aligned to top</TD>
	    <TD>and now this<br>is cell 2</TD>
	    <TD>Cell 3</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
	    <TD VALIGN=top>aligned to the top</TD>
	    <TD VALIGN=bottom>aligned to the bottom</TD>
	    <TD>default alignment,<br>center</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

CAPTION=TOP|BOTTOM

A top CAPTION
January February March

This is cell 1 Cell 2 Another cell,
cell 3

A top CAPTION
January	February	March
This is cell 1	Cell 2	Another cell, cell 3

<TABLE BORDER>
<CAPTION ALIGN=top>A top CAPTION</CAPTION>
	<TR>
		<TH>January</TH>
		<TH>February</TH>
		<TH>March</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>This is cell 1</TD>
		<TD>Cell 2</TD>
		<TD>Another cell,<br> cell 3</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

A bottom CAPTION
January February March

This is cell 1 Cell 2 Another cell,
cell 3

A bottom CAPTION
January	February	March
This is cell 1	Cell 2	Another cell, cell 3

<TABLE BORDER>
<CAPTION ALIGN=bottom>A bottom CAPTION</CAPTION>
	<TR>
		<TH>January</TH>
		<TH>February</TH>
		<TH>March</TH>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>This is cell 1</TD>
		<TD>Cell 2</TD>
		<TD>Another cell,<br> cell 3</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

NESTED TABLES: TABLE ABCD IS INSIDE TABLE 123456

1 2 3

A B

C D

4 5 6

<TABLE BORDER>
	<TR> <!-- ROW 1, TABLE 1 -->
		<TD>1</TD>
		<TD>2</TD>
		<TD>3
		<TABLE BORDER>
			<TR> <!-- ROW 1, TABLE 2 -->
				<TD>A</TD>
				<TD>B</TD>
			</TR>
			<TR> <!-- ROW 2, TABLE 2 -->
				<TD>C</TD>
				<TD>D</TD>
			</TR>
		</TABLE>
		</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR> <!-- ROW 2, TABLE 1 -->
		<TD>4</TD>
		<TD>5</TD>
		<TD>6</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

TABLE WIDTHS

BASIC 50% WIDTH

Width=50% Width=50%

3 4

<TABLE BORDER WIDTH="50%">
	<TR><TD>Width=50%</TD><TD>Width=50%</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR><TD>3</TD><TD>4</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

Item width affects cell size 2

3 4

<TABLE BORDER WIDTH="50%">
	<TR><TD>Item width affects cell size</TD><TD>2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR><TD>3</TD><TD>4</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

WIDTH=100% This is item 2

3 4

<TABLE BORDER WIDTH="100%">
	<TR><TD>WIDTH=100%</TD><TD>This is item 2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR><TD>3</TD><TD>4</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

CENTERING A TABLE ON A PAGE

A	B	C
D	E	F

<CENTER>
<TABLE BORDER WIDTH="50%">
	<TR>
		<TD>A</TD> <TD>B</TD> <TD>C</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR>
		<TD>D</TD> <TD>E</TD> <TD>F</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER>

TABLE WIDTH AND NESTED TABLES

Item 1 Item 2

Item A Item B

Item 4

<TABLE BORDER WIDTH="50%">
	<TR><TD>Item 1</TD><TD>Item 2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR><TD>
	    <TABLE BORDER WIDTH=100%>
		<TR><TD>Item A</TD><TD>Item B</TD>
		</TR>
	    </TABLE>
	    </TD>
	    <TD>Item 4</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

HEIGHT=15%

HEIGHT=15% Item 2

3 4

<TABLE BORDER WIDTH="50%" HEIGHT="15%">
	<TR><TD>HEIGHT=15%</TD> <TD>Item 2</TD>
	</TR>
	<TR><TD>3</TD><TD>4</TD>
	</TR>
</TABLE>

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John Beatty