JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

HTMLTableCellElement — a <td> or <th> cell in an HTML table

Availability

DOM Level 1 HTML

Inherits from/Overrides

Node → Element → HTMLElement → HTMLTableCellElement

Properties

readonly long cellIndex

The position of this cell within its row.

In addition to the cellIndex property, this interface defines the properties in the following table, which correspond directly to the HTML attributes of the <td> and <th> elements.

Property	Attribute	Description
String abbr	abbr	See HTML specification
String align	align	Horizontal alignment of cell
String axis	axis	See HTML specification
deprecated String bgColor	bgcolor	Background color of cell
String ch	char	Alignment character
String chOff	choff	Alignment character offset
long colSpan	colspan	Columns spanned by cell
String headers	headers	id values for headers for this cell
deprecated String height	height	Cell height in pixels
deprecated boolean noWrap	nowrap	Don’t word-wrap cell
long rowSpan	rowspan	Rows spanned by cell
String scope	scope	Scope of this header cell
String vAlign	valign	Vertical alignment of cell
deprecated String width	width	Cell width in pixels

Description

This interface represents <td> and <th> elements in HTML tables.