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HTML HTML Tables HTML Tables

Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,512 Points

Problems with Code Challenge:"Create another table row with a cell that spans two columns."

<table border="5">
    <thead>
<tr>


    <th>These are<br> my favorite FRUITS</th>
    <th valign="middle">VEGETABLES</th>

 </tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2" align="center">Thanks for reading!</td>

        </tr>

</tfoot>
 <tr>
     <td>Oranges</td>
     <td>Carrots</td>


 </tr>
 <tr>
        <td>Apples</td>
        <td>Brocolli</td>


  </tr>
  <tr>

        <td>Strawberries</td>
        <td>Asparagus</td>

  </tr>
  <tr>

        <td></td>
        <td>Potatoes</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>


</html>   ```

7 Answers

Nicolas Degrandy
Nicolas Degrandy
11,529 Points 
<tr>
     <td colspan="2" align="center">Fruit is so healthy!</td>
</tr>
Nicolas Degrandy
Nicolas Degrandy
11,529 Points
Nicolas Degrandy
Nicolas Degrandy
11,529 Points

Hi Kimberly,

To add another row spanning 2 columns in this table, you should simply add another TableRow in which you will have a TD, with a specified colspan:

<tr>
     <td colspan="2" align="center">Text goes here</td>
</tr>

You can add this in your thead, tfoot and main table... I hope this helps. Nico

Nemanja Pribilovic
Nemanja Pribilovic
5,366 Points
Nemanja Pribilovic
Nemanja Pribilovic
5,366 Points

apply colspan="2" to td inside tr

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,512 Points

? Not understanding

Nemanja Pribilovic
Nemanja Pribilovic
5,366 Points

how do you write code inside comment?

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,512 Points

Weird your first answer asked me Sum=$180...and now it shows up as apply colspan="2"to td inside tr.

I tried that too and still doesn't work. I'll need to double check everything again. Thanks for the support!

Gregory Serfaty
Gregory Serfaty
37,140 Points
Gregory Serfaty
Gregory Serfaty
37,140 Points

You put your colspan in the tfoot but you must to put in tbody like this

<tr>
        <td colspan="2">Potatoes</td>
</tr>
</table>
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,512 Points

I put a new colspan in tfoot and put body like<tr> <td colspan="2">Potatoes</td></tr>

My table is at bottom of page and i nestled in original table since it is one table I am working with...Still not working

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,512 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,512 Points

I tried that, but still doesn't work, states one table row needs to span 2 columns

```<table border="5"> <thead> <tr>

<th>These are<br> my favorite FRUITS</th>
<th valign="middle">VEGETABLES</th>

</tr> </thead> <tfoot> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center">Thanks for reading!</td>

    </tr>

<tr>

<td colspan="2" align="center">Fruit is so healthy!</td>

</tr>

</tfoot> <tr> <td>Oranges</td> <td>Carrots</td>

</tr> <tr> <td>Apples </td> <td>Brocolli</td>

</tr> <tr>

    <td>Strawberries</td>
    <td>Asparagus</td>

</tr> <tr>

    <td></td>
    <td>Potatoes</td>

</tr> </table> </body>```

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,512 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
2,512 Points

Hi Everyone, thanks for all your comments. Finally see what I was doing wrong. They wanted me to extend one of list items ( not the footer into the next column. I kept putting my colspan in footer. So I put it at the begging of list first item like this 

     <td colspan="2">Oranges</td>
     <td>Carrots</td>
</tr>```
this seemed to work
Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points
Ary de Oliveira
Ary de Oliveira
28,298 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML Tables Challenge</title> </head> <body> <table border="10" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10"> <thead> <tr> <th> These Are<br> my favorite Fruits</th> <th>Vegetables</th> </tr> </thead> <tfoot> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> Thanks for reading</td>

  </tr>

</tfoot>
<tr>
  <td>Oranges</td>
  <td>Oranges</td>
</tr>

 <tr>
  <td>Apples</td>
   <td>Oranges</td>
</tr>

 <tr>
  <td>Strawberries</td>
   <td>Oranges</td>
</tr>

<tr> <td colspan="2" align="center">Arybrown@treehouse.com</td> </tr>

</table> <h1>HTML Tables Challenge</h1>

   <tr>
    <th>
        <h3>TEST</h3>
     </th>
<!-- Write your code below -->

</body> </html>