HTML Tag: `colgroup`

Column group in a table.

colgroup elements are children of table elements and should only ever appear after a caption element, if such an element is used.

Often used in conjunction with col.

Optional Attributes

Attribute	Description	Possible values
`span`	The number of columns the `colgroup` element applies to.	Number.
Global attributes

Example


<table>
    <caption>Citrus</caption>
    <colgroup span="2" class="columns1and2"></colgroup>
    <tr>
        <th>Lime</th>
        <th>Lemon</th>
        <th>Orange</th>
        <th>Kumquat</th>
    </tr>
    <!-- etc. -->
</table>

<table>
    <caption>Melon</caption
    <colgroup>
        <col class="column1">
        <col span="3" class="columns2and3and4">
    </colgroup>
    <tr>
        <th>Watermelon</th>
        <th>Honeydew</th>
        <th>Winter melon</th>
        <th>Bitter melon</th>
    </tr>
    <!-- etc. -->
</table>