Baseline Widely available
The colSpan
read-only property of the HTMLTableCellElement
interface represents the number of columns this cell must span; this lets the cell occupy space across multiple columns of the table. It reflects the colspan
attribute.
A positive number representing the number of columns.
Note: When setting a new value, the value is clamped to the nearest strictly positive number.
ExamplesThis example provides two buttons to modify the column span of the first cell of the body.
HTML<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Col 1</th>
<th>Col 2</th>
<th>Col 3</th>
<th>Col 4</th>
<th>Col 5</th>
<th>Col 6</th>
<th>Col 7</th>
<th>Col 8</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<button id="increase">Increase colspan</button>
<button id="decrease">Decrease colspan</button>
<div>The first cell spans <output>2</output> column(s).</div>
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th,
td,
table {
border: 1px solid black;
}
button {
margin: 1em 1em 1em 0;
}
JavaScript
// Obtain relevant interface elements
const cell = document.querySelectorAll("tbody tr td")[0];
const output = document.querySelectorAll("output")[0];
const increaseButton = document.getElementById("increase");
const decreaseButton = document.getElementById("decrease");
increaseButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
cell.colSpan += 1;
// Update the display
output.textContent = cell.colSpan;
});
decreaseButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
cell.colSpan -= 1;
// Update the display
output.textContent = cell.colSpan;
});
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