HTML5 <td> Tag

Example

A simple HTML table, containing two columns:

<table>
<tr>
<td>Data 1</td>
<td>Data 2</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 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 Indicates the number of columns this cell should span
headers header_id Specifies which th element supply header information for the cell. Allows text-only browsers to render the header information for a given cell
height pixels
%		 Not supported in HTML5
nowrap nowrap Not supported in HTML5
rowspan number Indicates the number of rows this 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

Standard Attributes

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

Event Attributes

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

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