HTML td tag

Last Updated on April 26, 2023 by Roshan Parihar


Definition of HTML td tag

HTML td tag is used in tables to show data cells.

The tag comes with tr tag as a group or singles to show tabular data in rows. Combination of multiple data cells in a row, makes a single data line of the table.



Syntax:

Output

Sr. No Company Name
1 Apple
2 Asus
3 HP

Element Specific Attributes

Sr. No. Attribute Name Description
1 abbr define the abbreviated content in the table cell.

  • This holds a value of abbreviated text
2 align align the table cells content to a defined location.

  • The possible value for this can be from one of these :
    • left
    • right
    • center
    • justify
    • char
3 axis The axis attribute used to define the category of the table cell.

  • the value for this can be a category name.
4 bgcolor Define a background color for the cell with the attribute.

  • the value to specify for this :
    • A color name
    • hexcode(eg #ccc)
    • rgb formate color code, e.g. (rgb(x, x, x))
5 char This attribute is used only when you specify the value of the align attribute as char (align=”char”). You specify this attribute when you want to specify the character in table cells to align, .

  • Any character is the value for this.
6 charoff Use this attribute only after you specify align=”char”. This defines an alignment offset against the first character with this attribute.

  • the possible value for this:
    • pixel (eg. 20px)
    • A percentage (eg. 8%)
7 colspan A colspan attribute is used in cells to specify the number of columns to merge.

  • the value for this can be a number
8 height Define the height of the cell with this attribute.

  • this holds a pixel value.
9 nowrap Define this attribute to prevent the automatic wrapping of the cells.

  • the possible value for this is nowrap.
10 rowspan We use this attribute to merge the rows of cells.

  • this holds a numeric value.
11 valign Vertically align the text in the specified location.

  • the value for this can be:
    • top
    • bottom
    • middle
    • baseline
12 width This Defines the width of the cell.

  • the value for this can be given in pixels or percentage (%).

Resources and References for HTML td tag

See W3C Specification for this tag.