Difference between colspan and column-span in css

Question

colspan:

<td colspan="4"> 
</td>

column-span

<td style="column-span:4"> 
</td>

The colspan does working properly. but column-span does not working.

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I have little bit confusion with the full name :

because colspan full name is column span. but column-span is different from colspan.

• Please explain the meaning of colspan and column-span

• And tell me the difference.

Answer 1

column-span: was designed for print-style layouts and is a pure CSS rule. It is used to span CSS columns (not table columns).

colspan the attribute is used for table TD elements to get them to span multiple columns in the table.

Note: Browser support for column-span: is poor. Avoid using it. http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css3_pr_column-span.asp