<TD> tag creates table data cell within the table rows <TR>. A table row can have many table data cells as the following figure below:

1st table data cell 2nd table data cell

  figure above shows a table with 2 table data cells.

 

 

<HTML>
  <BODY>
    <TABLE BORDER=1>
      <TR>
        <TD>1st table data cell</TD>
        <TD>2nd table data cell</TD>         
      </TR>
    </TABLE>
  </BODY>
</HTML>

<TD> Optional Attributes :
align <TD ALIGN = left| right| center..... > align table data to the left, right or center within a table cell.
valign <TD VALIGN = top| middle| bottom| baseline..... > vertical align table data to the top, middle, bottom, or baseline within the table cell.
bgcolor <TD BGCOLOR = #rrggbb|color name..> set the background color for the table data cell.
bordercolor <TD BORDERCOLOR = #rrggbb|color name ..... > set a border color for the table data cell.
bordercolorlight <TD BORDERCOLORLIGHT = #rrggbb|color name ..... > set a lighter shade border color for the table data cell.
bordercolordark <TD BORDERCOLORDARK = #rrggbb|color name ..... > set a darker shade border color for the table data cell.
colspan <TD COLSPAN = numbers of cols ..... > set how many amount of columns the table data cell should span.
rowspan <TD ROWSPAN = numbers of rows ..... > set how many amount of rows the table data cell should span.
height <TD HEIGHT = pixels| percent%..... > set the table data cell height in pixels or percent %.
width <TD WIDTH = pixels| percent %..... > set a table data cell width in pixels or percent %.
nowrap <TD NOWRAP..... > text in a single cell cannot be broken to fit the width of the table cell.
background <TD BACKGROUND = image_URL..... > set an image as the background for a table data cell.

Other Attributes :
Core Attributes class, id, style, title.
Internationalization Attributes lang, dir.
Event Attributes onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

  Below describe the attributes for <TD> tag in detail.

Core Attributes

Attribute Syntax Description
CLASS

eg. an element's class :
<ELEMENT CLASS = stClass...>

eg. multiple classes in an element :
<ELEMENT CLASS = stClass [ stClass2 [ stClass3 ... ] ] ... >

 

An element can belong to multiple classes.
Multiple elements can share the same class.

Common Usage : to associate a particular style rule in a style sheet with the element.

stClass = a string of class attribute value

Attribute value for CLASS is space-separated list of class names. Begin with a letter range from A-Z or a-z and may be followed by letters (A-Za-z), digits (0-9), hyphens ("-"), underscores ("_"), colons (":"), and periods ("."). The value is case-sensitive.
ID <ELEMENT ID = stID... >

A unique id for an element.

Common Usage : as a target for links or for naming particular elements in a style sheet.

stID = a string which specifies attribute value for ID

Attribute value for ID begin with a letter range from A-Z or a-z and may be followed by letters (A-Za-z), digits (0-9), hyphens ("-"), underscores ("_"), colons (":"), and periods ("."). The value is case-sensitive.
STYLE <ELEMENT STYLE = stStyle ... >

Specify an inline style for the element.

Common Usage : to associate a particular style sheet rule for the element.

stStyle = a string to specifies the inline style type.

Attribute value for STYLE is the type of the style sheet language or style rules.
Eg. <ELEMENT STYLE="font-family: Verdana">text...</ELEMENT>.
TITLE <ELEMENT TITLE = stTitle... >

Specify the title for the element.

Common Usage : as a tooltip to retrieve advisory information when user hover the mouse over the object.

stTitle = a string that specifies the title attribute value.

Attribute value for TITLE is space/non space-separated list of text.

Internationalization Attributes

Attribute Syntax Description
DIR <ELEMENT DIR = stDir... >

Sets the text direction

stDir = attribute value for DIR

Attribute value for DIR is the directionality of text from left-to-right (DIR=ltr, the default) or right-to-left (DIR=rtl).

LANG <ELEMENT LANG = stLang... >

Sets the language code

stLang = attribute value for LANG

Attribute value for LANG is non space-separated, case-insensitive with the following values : (LANG=en) for English, (LANG=ja) for Japanese and etc.

Event Attributes

Attribute Description
onClick the mouse button is clicked on an element.
onDblClick the mouse button is double-clicked on an element.
onMousedown the mouse button is pressed over an element.
onMouseup the mouse button is released over an element.
onMouseover the mouse is moved onto an element.
onMousemove the mouse is moved while over an element.
onMouseout the mouse is moved away from an element.
onKeypress a key is pressed and released over an element.
onKeydown a key is pressed down over an element.
onKeyup a key is released over an element.