TD - Table cell

The TD tag is used to mark up individual cells inside a table row. It may contain almost all tags, including nested tables. If the cell is a label of some sort, use TH instead of TD.

The NOWRAP attribute indicates the contents of the current cell should not be wrapped. You must use BR in the cell to force line breaks to prevent the entire cell from showing up as just one line.

The ROWSPAN and COLSPAN attributes indicate how many rows or columns this cell overlaps. If you use these attributes, make sure you count correctly or you can get some very weird results.

The ALIGN and VALIGN attributes control the horizontal and vertical alignment of the current cell. ALIGN can be set for left, right or centered cells. VALIGN indicates that the table cell's contents should appear at the top, the middle or the bottom of the row. Note that align and valign attributes for a cell override the values set for the row.

The WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes can be used to suggest a width and height for this cell. This should be a value in pixels. Setting different widths for multiple cells in the same column, or different heights for multiple cells in one row can cause unexpected effects.

For an example on how to construct tables, please see the section on the TABLE tag.

Notes:

• While it's not strictly required, it is good practice to close each table cell explicitly. It makes your table easier to read.
• If you include a table inside a table cell, be sure to close all cells and rows. It is not required, but some browsers get the nested tables wrong and render them incorrectly.
• An empty cell is usually rendered differently than a cell with just whitespace inside it. This especially shows if you have a border defined for your table.
• If you use images in a table cell, be sure to specify the WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes in the IMG tag. This allows the browser to determine the size of the cell in advance, so it can draw the table before the image is loaded. Otherwise, the table will not appear until the image has been loaded. This can mean a considerable delay before your page displays.