Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

Name

<td> — NN 2, 3, 4, 6 MSIE 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6 HTML 4.01 WebTV Opera5

Synopsis

<td>...</td> (end tag optional)
                  

Defines a table data cell. The end tag is not required but may prevent unpredictable table display, particularly if the cell contains images. A table cell can contain any content, including another table.

Attributes

align=left|center|right|justify|char

Deprecated. Specifies horizontal alignment (or justification) of cell contents. The default value is left.

background= url

Specifies a graphic image to be used as a tile within the cell. Netscape’s documentation does not cover this tag, but it is supported by Version 4.0.

bgcolor=" #rrggbb " or color name

Specifies a color to be used in the table cell. A cell’s background color overrides colors specified at the row or table levels.

colspan= number

Specifies the number of columns the current cell should span. The default value is 1. According to the HTML 4.01 specification, the value zero (0) means the current cell spans all columns from the current column to the last column in the table; in reality, however, this feature is not supported in current browsers.

height= number, percentage

Deprecated. Specifies the height of the cell in number of pixels or by a percentage value relative to the table height. The height specified in the first column will apply to the rest of the cells in the row. The height values need to be consistent for cells in a particular row. Pixel measurements are more reliable than percentages, ...