How to make the tags on the first column highlighted and stand out

[java4170337319]

      <tr>
       <td>><span class="table"><table></span></td>
       <td>Table</td>
       <td>The wrapper element for all HTML tables</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><span class="head"><thead></span></td>
       <td>Table Head</td>
       <td>The set of rows defining the column headers in the table</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><span class="body"><tbody></span></td>
       <td>Table Body</td>
       <td>The set of rows containing actual table data</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><span class="row"><trow></span></td>
       <td>Table Row</td>
       <td>The table row container</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><span class="data"><td></span></td>
       <td>Table Data</td>
       <td>The table row container</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
       <td><span class="foot"><tfoot></span></td>
       <td>Table Foot</td>
       <td>The set of rows defining the footer in a table</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>

Table Attributes

I could only show part of the code so you could see what I mean. Any tips or suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[janbazant1107978602]

You could put a colgroup element with some col elements in it at the beginning of the table.
Here’s an example of doing that and using inline styling to give the first column a yellow background color.

      <colgroup>
        <col style="background-color: yellow" />
        <col />
        <col />
      </colgroup>

I used 3 col elements because there are 3 td elements in each row, and I didn’t use the span attribute.

example code

        <table>
          <colgroup>
            <col style="background-color: black; color: white" />
            <col />
            <col />
          </colgroup>
          <tbody><!-- each row has 3 td elements -->
            <tr><td>a</td><td>b</td><td>c</td></tr>
            <tr><td>d</td><td>e</td><td>f</td></tr>
          </tbody>
        </table>

[java4170337319]

Thanks for the reply. I have the html file all figured out now. Now im trying to link the css styling part of it.

[janbazant1107978602]

You could use CSS to accomplish something similar in another way.

tr > td:first-child {
  background-color: yellow;
}