<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="reftest-wait"> <head> <style> table { background: white; } col { visibility: collapse; } td { color: black; } </style> <script> function boom() { var col = document.getElementsByTagName("col")[0]; col.parentNode.removeChild(col); document.documentElement.className = ""; } </script> </head> <body onload="boom();"> <table> <col span="3"> <td>One</td> <td>Two</td> <td>Three</td> </body> </html>