HTML Table Column - The <td> Tag
Description
To define a column in a table you use the <td> tag.
The td tag for each column must be specified for each row in the table. The td tag only exists within the tr tag.
The td tag can have 3 formatting attributes specified in the Attributes table at the end of the page.
Example
For example:
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>row 1 column 1</td><td>row 1 colum 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>row 2 column 1</td><td>row 2 colum 2</td>
</tr>
</table>Give it a go!
Attributes
| height |
number
% e.g. 50% |
Specifies the height of the table. |
| width |
number
% e.g. 50% |
Specifies the width of the table. |
| align |
left|center|right |
align the contents of the cells in the row to the left center or right of the table |
| valign |
top|middle|bottom|baseline |
specifies the vertical alignment of the cells content within the row. |
| bgcolor |
#rrggbb or color name |
specifies the background color of the row. This overrides the bgcolor of the table element. |
| background |
url |
A url of an image to use as the background. The image is tiled if it is smaller than the table. |
| bgcolor |
#rrggbb or color name |
specifies the background color of the table. This value can be overridden by the bgcolor of the table row <tr> element. |
| colspan |
number |
The number of columns this cell occupies.
See Colspan/Rowspan |
| rowspan |
number |
the number of rows this cell occupies.
See Colspan/Rowspan |