HTML table colgroup element not working?

Question

I want different styles on each column of a table. I\'ve read that you could do that by using or , but I had no luck. I

Answer 1

That's correct. While colgroup itself is supported by all browsers, this isn't true for the attributes of the inner col element. Of possible attributes, only width is supported on all browsers. But unlike CSS, <col width=""> only supports pixel and percentage widths.

Don't use it. Instead, create CSS classes and assign them to each td. Yes, it sucks.

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