The rowspan attribute on a table cell element specifies the number of rows this cell should occupy, i.e. span.
A rowspan attribute on 2 td elements.
The country data cells span 2 and 3 rows respectively.
| Firstname | Lastname | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Anna | Samsong | Sweden |
| Imgar | Johanson | |
| Stephanie | James | USA | Karen | McNolen | Jamie | Spiro |
<style>
table.tb { width: 350px; border-collapse: collapse; }
.tb th { background-color:lightblue; }
.tb th, .tb td { border: solid 1px #777; padding: 5px; }
</style>
<table class="tb">
<tr>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Country</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Anna</td>
<td>Samsong</td>
<td rowspan="2">Sweden</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Imgar</td>
<td>Johanson</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Stephanie</td>
<td>James</td>
<td rowspan="3">USA</td>
</tr>
<td>Karen</td>
<td>McNolen</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td>Jamie</td>
<td>Spiro</td>
</tr>
</table>
For additional details see our HTML td rowspan Reference.
The rowspan attribute specifies the number of rows a table cell should span.
With rowspan="0", the cell will span until the last row of the table.
<tagname rowspan="number">
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| number | Number of rows a table cell will span. |
The following elements accept the rowspan attribute.
| Elements | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| <td> | Specifies a table data cell -- see example above | |
| <th> | Creates a table header cell. |
A rowspan attribute on 2 th elements.
The header cells span 2 and 3 rows respectively.
| Name | Anna |
|---|---|
| Paxton | |
| Address | 124 W 7th Street | Austin | Texas, 78702 |
<style>
table.tbl { width: 350px; border-collapse: collapse; }
.tbl th { background-color:lightblue; }
.tbl th, .tbl td { border: solid 1px #777; padding: 5px; }
</style>
<table class="tbl">
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">Name</th>
<td>Anna</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Paxton</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="3">Address</th>
<td>124 W 7th Street</td>
</tr>
<td>Austin</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<td>Texas, 78702</td>
</tr>
</table>
For additional details see our HTML th rowspan Reference.
Here is when rowspan support started for each browser:
 Chrome
|
1.0 | Sep 2008 |
 Firefox
|
1.0 | Sep 2002 |
 IE/Edge
|
1.0 | Aug 1995 |
 Opera
|
1.0 | Jan 2006 |
 Safari
|
1.0 | Jan 2003 |
