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>
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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">$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td
style="text-align:right">$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
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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">$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
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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">$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
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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>
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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">$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
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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%">$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Example
How to create table headers:
<table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Email</th>
<th>Phone</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Doe</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
<td>123-45-678</td>
</tr>
</table>
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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>$100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>February</td>
<td>$80</td>
</tr>
</table>
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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>John Doe</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
<td>123-45-678</td>
<td>212-00-546</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Related Pages
HTML tutorial: HTML Tables
HTML DOM reference: TableData Object
CSS Tutorial: Styling Tables
Default CSS Settings
Most browsers will display the <td> element with the following default values:
td {
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: inherit;
}
