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HTML td tag

Example

A simple HTML table, with two rows and four table cells:

<table>
<tr>
<td>Cell A</td>
<td>Cell B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell C</td>
<td>Cell D</td>
</tr>
</table>

Definition and Usage

The <td> tag defines a standard data cell in an HTML table.

An HTML table has two kinds of cells:

  • Header cells - contains header information (created with the <th> element)
  • Data cells - contains data (created with the <td> element)

The text in <td> elements are regular and left-aligned by default.

The text in <th> elements are bold and centered by default. 

Browser Support

Element
<td> Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Attributes

Attribute Value Description
colspan number Specifies the number of columns a cell should span
headers header_id Specifies one or more header cells a cell is related to
rowspan number Sets the number of rows a cell should span

Global Attributes

The <td> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The <td> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

More Examples

Example

How to align content inside <td> (with CSS):

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td style="text-align:right">Rs.100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td style="text-align:right">Rs.80</td>
</tr>
</table>

Example

How to add background-color to table cell (with CSS):

<table>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background-color:#FF0000">January</td>
<td style="background-color:#00FF00">Rs.100</td>
</tr>
 </table>

Example

How to set the height of a table cell (with CSS):

<table>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="height:100px">January</td>
<td style="height:100px">Rs.100</td>
</tr>
</table>

Example

How to specify no word-wrapping in table cell (with CSS):

<table>
<tr>
<th>Poem</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="white-space:nowrap">Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything</td>
</tr>
</table>

Example

How to vertical align content inside <td> (with CSS):

<table style="width:50%;">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr style="height:100px">
<td style="vertical-align:bottom">January</td>
<td style="vertical-align:bottom">Rs.100</td>
</tr>
</table>

Example

How to set the width of a table cell (with CSS):

<table style="width:100%">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="width:70%">January</td>
<td style="width:30%">Rs.100</td>
</tr>
</table>

Example

How to create table headers:

<table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SamS</td>
<td>sam.s@lovelife.com</td>
<td>123-45-678</td>
</tr>
</table>

Example

How to create a table with a caption:

<table>
<caption>Monthly savings</caption>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>Rs.100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>Rs.80</td>
</tr>
</table>

Example

How to define table cells that span more than one row or one column:

<table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th colspan="2">Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SamS</td>
<td>sam.s@lovelife.com</td>
<td>123-45-678</td>
<td>212-00-546</td>
</tr>
</table>

Default CSS Settings

Most browsers will display the <td> element with the following default values:

td {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: inherit;
}
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