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HTML HTML Tables Table Basics Create a Table

Posted by Kaila Orr
Kaila Orr
813 Points

How do you add two table cells inside a table row?

I just need to understand what I am doing wrong

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Tables</title>
  </head>
  <body>
<table>
         <tr>
             <tb>second</tb>
             <tb>...</tb>  
          </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Name</td>
        <td>E-mail</td>
        <td>Job Role</td>
        <td>Number</td>

      </tr>
          <tr>
             <tb>hold</tb>
             <tb>on</tb>
          </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Nick Peter</td>
        <td>Nick@example.com</td>
        <td>Web Designer</td>
        <td>555-555-5555</td>

     </tr>
           <tr>
             <tb>wait</tb>
             <tb>a</tb>  
        </tr>
     <tr>
        <td>Nelson Sadmen</td>
        <td>Neslon@example.com</td>
        <td>Front-End Developer</td>
        <td>555-555-5555</td>
      </tr> 
           <tr>
             <tb>second</tb>
             <tb>...</tb>  
         </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Dave McFarland</td>
        <td>Dave@example.com</td>
        <td>Front-End Developer</td>
        <td>555-555-5555</td>          
      </tr>  
         <tr>
             <tb>second</tb>
             <tb>...</tb>  
         </tr>
  </body>
</html>
Muhammad Tahir
Muhammad Tahir
4,113 Points
Muhammad Tahir
Muhammad Tahir
4,113 Points

You are using <tb>, replace those with <td>. Also you should be using same number of cells for a single table's row or use colspan to span the cell into multiple columns. You can also nest tables within a single cell for the purpose.

1 Answer

Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points
Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points

Echoing Muhammad's comment into an answer to make sure you see that this has been answered (Thanks, Muhammad!):

  1. There's no such thing as a <tb> element. Table cells can only use the <td> (Table Data) or <th> (Table Header) tag. You'll almost always use <td>.
  2. If you don't have a consistent number of table cells in each row, your table will be off-balance. If a table cell is supposed to span 2 columns, you'd set it as <td colspan="2">whatever</td>. Same thing with any other number of columns it should span. Extra note: there's no such thing as, for example, colspan="all", you have to count the columns and use a number.
  3. You never close your table. Use </table> between your last </tr> tag and the </body> tag.