HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Quiz Answers
1.
The basic parts of a table (the
<table>
tag) are the border (defined with the
border
attribute), caption (defined with the
<caption>
tag), header cells (
<th>
), data cells
(
<td>
), and table rows (
<tr>
).
2.
The
border
attribute is the most common attribute for the table tag. It specifies
whether border lines are displayed around the table and how wide the borders
should be.
3.
cellpadding
defines the amount of space between the edges of the cell and their
contents.
cellspacing
defines the amount of space between the cells.
4.
The
rowspan
attribute creates a cell that spans multiple rows. The
colspan
attribute
creates a cell that spans multiple columns.
5.
<thead>
,
<tbody>
, and
<tfoot>
define the head, body, and foot of a table.
Exercises
1.
Here's a brainteaser for you: Create a simple nested table (a table within a table)
that contains three rows and four columns. Inside the cell that appears at the sec-
ond column in the second row, create a second table that contains two rows and
two columns.
2.
One tricky aspect of working with the HTML for tables is accounting for cells with
no data. Create a table that includes empty cells and verify that when you've done
so, all the rows and columns line up as you originally anticipated.
