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HTML5 <td> Tag

Example

A simple HTML table, with two table cells:

<table border="1">
  <tr>
    <td>Cell A</td>
    <td>Cell B</td>
  </tr>
</table>

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Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The <td> tag is supported in all major browsers.

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 <th> elements are bold and centered by default.

The text in <td> elements are regular and left-aligned by default.

Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Some HTML 4.01 attributes are not supported in HTML5.

Tips and Notes:

Note: The <td> element is not allowed in the <thead> element.

Attributes

Attribute Value Description
abbr text Not supported in HTML5
align left
right
center
justify
char		 Not supported in HTML5
axis category_name Not supported in HTML5
char character Not supported in HTML5
charoff number 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 pixels
%		 Not supported in HTML5
nowrap nowrap Not supported in HTML5
rowspan number Specifies the number of rows a cell should span
scope col
colgroup
row
rowgroup		 Not supported in HTML5
valign top
middle
bottom
baseline		 Not supported in HTML5
width pixels
%		 Not supported in HTML5

Global Attributes

The <td> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5.

Event Attributes

The <td> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5.

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