In the chart below, you'll see the most commonly used table tags.
Here are the table tags:
| Tag | Tag attribute | Function |
| <table> | begins a table. | |
| border="..." | sets the border width. | |
| cellspacing="..." | space between the table data cells. | |
| cellpadding="..." | space between the inner edge of a cell and its content. | |
| align="..." | aligns the table to the left, right or center of page. | |
| width="..." | the width of the table, in pixels or percentage of page width. | |
| bgcolor="..." | background color for all cells that do not have a background color or image specified. | |
| background="..." | background image for all cells that do not have a background color or image specified. | |
| bordercolor="..." | border color for the table. | |
| bordercolorlight="..." | border color light to create a 3d effect. (ie only) | |
| bordercolordark="..." | border color dark to create a 3d effect. (ie only) | |
| valign="..." | vertical alignment of the content, values are top or bottom. | |
| <tr> | establishes a table row. | |
| align="..." | horizontal alignment of the content of all cells within this row. values are left, right and center. | |
| valign="..." | vertical alignment of all cells within this row. values are top, middle, bottom, and baseline. | |
| bgcolor="..." | background color of all cells within this row that don't have their own bg color or background image. | |
| background="..." | background image of all cells within this row that don't have their own bg color or background image. | |
| bordercolor="..." | border color for this row (ie only). | |
| bordercolorlight="..." | light border color for 3d look (ie only). | |
| bordercolordark="..." | dark border color for 3d look (ie only). | |
| <td> | begins the table data cell. | |
| align="..." | horizontal alignment of the cell content. values are left, right and center. | |
| valign="..." | vertical alignment of the cell content. values are top, middle, bottom, and baseline. | |
| rowspan="..." | the number of rows the cell will span. | |
| colspan="..." | the number of columns the cell will span. | |
| nowrap | doesn't automatically wrap the cell content. | |
| width="..." | the width of this cell, expressed in pixels or percentage. | |
| bgcolor="..." | background color of the cell. | |
| background="..." | background image of the cell. | |
| bordercolor="..." | border color of the cell (ie only). | |
| bordercolorlight="..." | light border color for 3d look. (ie only) | |
| bordercolordark="..." | dark border color for 3d look. (ie only) |