Can the colspan attribute only be used within <td> tags?
No. The colspan attribute can also be used on <th> tags. For improved accessibility, when we create table headings that span multiple columns, we should also include the scope=”colgroup” attribute within the opening <th> tag.
Could I create each colspan for each column?
Hi,
since each “th” tag forms a column,
I think you meant to ask this question:
can every “th” tag have a colspan attribute?
The answer is YES because I’ve just tried it now 
and here’s the screenshots :
note: I didn’t give Tuesday and Thursday an colspan attribute and I added an empty table cell “td” for them, I mean that you have to put in mind how much “td” tags you’ve got.
hope that helps
“SCOPE” attribute isn’t it used just for “th” ?? Don’t think we can apply it for “td”!
Literally see the 2 comments above…
Although you CAN use scope for , I think it is considered bad form, or even wrong. The MDN even seems to imply this.
This enumerated attribute defines the cells that the header (defined in the [
<th>] element relates to.
No I don’t think so. Its not possible to span several columns for each column. It won’t make any sense. If you are trying to say that you wish to copy a column for several times, then you should write everything twice. Its something like this:
<th scope="col" > Company Name</th>
<th scope="col" > Company Name</th>
<td colspan="2">Adam's Greenworks</td>
<td colspan="2">Davie's Burgers</td>
.
.
.
So in screen you can see that both Company Name headings have same data. Like this:
If you asking for each header, than yes you can. so if you want company name and next action to span across 2 columns than yes you can. You would need to insert the colspan attribute for company name and next action and assign the value to 2.
New to coding. I was flying through the program and for some reason I’ve hit a roadblock. Can someone help me out on this part.
You should add the colspan attribute to one of the td elements.
Spanning two columns would be colspan="2".
I did that for a td element in a row close to the end of the table.
<tr>
<td>Shane's Bistro</td>
<td colspan="2">unavailable</td>
</tr>
Here i got stuck too…help:d