td tag
The td tag, which, when implemented in the code, is written like this - <td>, is an HTML tag that belongs to table tags. Table HTML tags are used to create tables, as well as to define some non-CSS formatting options.
<td> defines a standard cell in an HTML table. The text in <th> elements are bold and centered by default. The text in <td> elements are regular and left-aligned by default. This tag is supported in the current version of HTML, which is HTML5.
Browser support
Here you can see whether <td> is supported by a certain browser, and, if yes, starting from which version it is supported.
| Chrome | Firefox | Edge | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Is supported | Is supported | Is supported | Is supported | Is supported |
Attributes and values
An attribute is a piece of additional information about a tag. While tags denote the type of objects they mark or create, attributes set the parameters of these objects. These parameters can include anything from the types of possible interactions to its visual style to its actual contents.
Values indicate how a certain attribute is actually implemented, if there is a number of ways it can happen.
What attributes are actually allowed in a certain tag depends on the tag itself. Much like possible attributes depend on a tag, possible values depend on an attribute.
The <td> tag supports the following attributes (with their respective values):
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| abbr | text | Specifies an abbreviated version of the content in a cell (Not Supported in HTML5) |
| align |
| Aligns the content in a cell (Not Supported in HTML5) |
| axis | category_name | Categorizes cells (Not Supported in HTML5) |
| bgcolor |
| Specifies the background color of a cell (Not Supported in HTML5) |
| char | character | Aligns the content in a cell to a character (Not Supported in HTML5) |
| charoff | number | Sets the number of characters the content will be aligned from the character specified by the char attribute (Not Supported in HTML5) |
| 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 |
| height |
| Sets the height of a cell (Not Supported in HTML5) |
| nowrap | nowrap | Specifies that the content inside a cell should not wrap (Not Supported in HTML5) |
| number | number | Sets the number of rows a cell should span |
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| Defines a way to associate header cells and data cells in a table (Not Supported in HTML5) |
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| Vertical aligns the content in a cell (Not Supported in HTML5) |
Global Attributes
Global attributes are HTML tag attributes that can be used by any tag, hence the name "global". They are in contrast to unique attributes that are tag-specific.
<td> supports global attributes.
Event Attributes
Event attributes are HTML tag attributes that allow triggering actions upon specific conditions, hence the name "event". Other types of attributes, namely global and unique attributes, can also trigger actions, but the difference is that even attributes allow calling scripts, such as JavaScript functions, while most other attributes only support a certain type of action.
<td> supports event attributes.