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&lt;table&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;1stColumn&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;<wbr />2nd Column&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;3rd Column&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;4thColumn&lt;/<wbr />td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt; &lt;textarea rows=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;<wbr />/tr&gt;<br />
&lt;/table&gt;
</div>


<table>
  <tr><td>1stColumn</td><td>2nd Column</td><td>3rd Column</td><td>4thColumn</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="4"> <textarea rows="6"></textarea></td></tr>
</table>

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Probably add a border, you will see that td occupying 4 columns<br />

<pre><code id="code-8191844">&lt;table border=&quot;1&quot;&gt;
  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;1stColumn&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;2nd Column&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;3rd Column&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;4thColumn&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;4&quot;&gt; &lt;textarea rows=&quot;6&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot;&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</code></pre>
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Probably add a border, you will see that td occupying 4 columns


<table border="1">
  <tr><td>1stColumn</td><td>2nd Column</td><td>3rd Column</td><td>4thColumn</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="4"> <textarea rows="6" width="100%"></textarea></td></tr>
</table>

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Hi cmalakar,<br />
&nbsp; I tried the above..the result is attached in the pic. I am using IE. Please let me know how can I do this.<br />
<br />
Thank you<br />
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Hi cmalakar,
  I tried the above..the result is attached in the pic. I am using IE. Please let me know how can I do this.

Thank you
colspan.PNG [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2011/07_w29/478448/colspan.PNG]

colspan.PNG

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Hi ,<br />
&nbsp; I created a table with 4 columns.. In one row I want to create a textarea and wanted to to span for 4 columns. Please let me know how can I do it.<br />
<br />
I tried like this..but its not working<br />
&lt;tr &gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;td colspan=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &nbsp;&lt;textarea &nbsp;rows=&quot;6&quot;&gt;Clinical Notes&lt;/textarea&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;/tr&gt;
</div>
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Hi ,
  I created a table with 4 columns.. In one row I want to create a textarea and wanted to to span for 4 columns. Please let me know how can I do it.

I tried like this..but its not working
<tr >
     	<td colspan="3">  <textarea  rows="6">Clinical Notes</textarea> </td>
    
    </tr>

Colspan in table

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