Colgroup Highlight

A compact status table uses colgroup and col elements so the label and value columns can be treated differently.

Program

Column groups let a table describe columns before rows arrive. That keeps repeated column intent out of individual cells.

colgroup_highlight.html

<table>
  <colgroup><col class="label-col"><col class="value-col"></colgroup>
  <tr><td>Plan</td><td>Ready</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Tests</td><td>Passing</td></tr>
</table>

colgroup A colgroup wraps one or more column definitions.

col A col element applies metadata or presentation to a table column.