<td> Tag Syntax
<body> ... flow content expected ... <table> <thead> <tr> <th>...</th> ... </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>...</td> ... </tr> </tbody> <tfoot> <tr> <td>...</td> ... </tr> </tfoot> </table> </body>
Rules for coding the HTML td
element
Make sure you understand the difference between a tag and element and are familiar with the definitions of namespace and other HTML terms.
- Inside a tr element code one or more td elements, one for each cell in the table row.
- Begin the element for each table cell with a starting <td> tag. The element name uses lower case letters and should be in the HTML namespace, which it will pick up automatically from the
xmlns
attribute on the <html> tag. - Include any attributes of the <td> tag as appropriate.The
colspan
attribute androwspan
attribute allow merging cells from multiple columns and/or rows. - End the td element with a matching
</td>
closing tag. (To ensure tags match up properly, it helps to code the starting and ending tags first, then fill in between them.) - Between the
<td>
starting tag and the</td>
ending tag include the inner HTML flow content for the content of the table cell. - Code separate td elements for any additional table cells in the same table row before the </tr> tag for the end of the row.