Table Basics & Standards

The Table Tag is enclosed in <TABLE></TABLE> and consists of rows and columns. The columns are vertical and the rows are horizontal. A default Table, which is displayed if you just use <TABLE> without any other elements, has a Border of 0, a Cell Padding of 1, and Cell Spacing of 2.

Cell Padding is the number of pixels between the cell data and cell wall, and Cell Spacing is the number of pixels between the cells. We'll go over these a little later.

This Table has 2 rows and 3 columns:

The Table also has a Border of 1, a Cell Padding of 1, and Cell Spacing of 2.

		
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>Row 1 - Column 1</td>
<td>Row 1 - Column 2</td>
<td>Row 1 - Column 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row 2 - Column 1</td>
<td>Row 2 - Column 2</td>
<td>Row 2 - Column 3</td>
</tr>
</table>