HTML 5 <td> Tag
Example
A simple HTML table, containing two columns:
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>Cell A</td>
<td>Cell B</td>
</tr>
</table> |
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Definition and Usage
The <td> tag defines a standard cell in an HTML table.
An HTML table has two kinds of cells:
Header cells - contains header information (created with the th element)
Standard cells - contains data (created with the td element)
The text in a th element is bold and centered.
The text in a td element is regular and left-aligned.
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML 5
Some HTML 4.01 attributes are not
supported in HTML 5.
Tips and Notes:
Note: The td element is not allowed in the thead element.
Attributes
| Attribute |
Value |
Description |
| abbr |
text |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
| align |
left
right
center
justify
char |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
| axis |
category_name |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
| char |
character |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
| charoff |
number |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
| colspan |
number |
Indicates the number of columns this cell should span |
| headers |
headercells' id |
A space-separated list of cell IDs that supply header
information for the cell. This attribute allows text-only browsers to render
the header information for a given cell |
| height |
pixels
% |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
| nowrap |
nowrap |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
| rowspan |
number |
Indicates the number of rows this cell should span |
| scope |
col
colgroup
row
rowgroup |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
| valign |
top
middle
bottom
baseline |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
| width |
pixels
% |
Not supported in HTML 5 |
Standard Attributes
The <a> tag also supports the Standard Attributes in HTML 5.
Event Attributes
The <a> tag also supports the Event Attributes
in HTML 5.
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