A way to group table cells together in html? - html

Question

So it is pretty straight forward. I need a way to group cells together. Like a <div> or a <span> but none of them worked. <tbody> seemed like a good solution but it only works for table rows. Help!

Answer 1

If you're looking for a way to merge 2 o more cells in a row into one single cell, along with other "regular" cells (as you would do in a google|excel spreadsheet) in a way similar to this:
then you can use the colspan attribute for td elements, indicating how many cells are you merging:
<tr>
<td colspan=2> Merged Cell occupying 2 columns </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Regular cell </td>
<td> Another cell in same row </td>
</tr>
Additionally, you can use the td[colspan] selector in css (combined with any parent selector of your choice) to refer to these merged cells.
Here's a working example:
/* Style for cells with any colspan attribute */
td[colspan] {
text-align: center;
}
/* No extra space between cells */
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th, td {
border: 1px solid gray;
margin: 0;
padding: 3px 10px;
text-align: right;
}
<table>
<tr>
<th>Day</th>
<th>Invoice</th>
<th>Total</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<!-- this cell will occupy 3 columns -->
<td colspan=3>January</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>0348</td>
<td>248.35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7</td>
<td>0349</td>
<td>126.14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>18</td>
<td>0350</td>
<td>821.99</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan=3>February</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>27</td>
<td>0351</td>
<td>643.50</td>
</tr>
</table>

Answer 2

You can add the html col tag to group the columns td.
.col-group-1 {
background-color: yellow;
}
.col-group-2 {
background-color: silver;
}
<table>
<colgroup>
<col class="col-group-1">
<col span="2" class="col-group-2">
</colgroup>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>City</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mary</td>
<td>New york</td>
<td>987654321</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Magdalena</td>
<td>Los Angeles</td>
<td>123456789</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Please check out the html col tag
and how to use them with css styling