rowspan

Row Span (XHTML table model)

Definition

See W3C documentation for the XHTML table model.

The number of rows a cell spans, in other words, a vertical span (The table cell content will be tagged with a <td> or <th> element.)

Attribute Values

In Elements

<td> Table Data Cell (XHTML table model)
<th> Table Header Cell (XHTML table model)
Value Meaning
A counting number How many rows this cell will span vertically, e.g., “3
Default value: 1 (Span 1 row)