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HTML HTML Tables Structuring Tables Add the Table Footer Element

Sonia Becker
Sonia Becker
2,628 Points
Posted by Sonia Becker
Sonia Becker
2,628 Points

add a colspan attribute to the table cell so that it spans the width of the table

Inside a table, add a colspan attribute to the table cell so that it spans the width of the table

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Tables</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <table>
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th scope="col">Name</th>
          <th scope="col">Job</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tfoot>
        <tr>  <td>"Data is updated every 15 minutes"</td>
        </tr>
      </tfoot>
      <tbody>
        <tr>
          <td>Nick</td>
          <td>Designer</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Andrew</td>
          <td>Developer</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>Dave</td>
          <td>Developer</td>
        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>

  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hey Sonia,

To figure this challenge out, I looked at the table to see how many columns the table actually has. It can sometimes be hard to visualize this from code, so you can just click the "Preview" button and see that the table has two columns. Well, the colspan attribute says how many columns the table cell should span. Since the table has 2 columns, that is the maximum width of the table, so colspan should be 2:

      <tfoot>
        <tr><td colspan="2">Data is updated every 15 minutes.</td></tr>
      </tfoot>
Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

You are very welcome :)

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

If you want to go ahead and mark my answer as best answer, we can mark this as resolved. :P

Sonia Becker
Sonia Becker
2,628 Points
Sonia Becker
Sonia Becker
2,628 Points

Just did. Sorry I took so long. Thanks again

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

No worries :)