HTML <td> tag

HTML <td> tag is used to specify the cells of an HTML table which contain data of the table. The <td> tag must be the child element of <tr> (table row) tag. Each table row can contain multiple <td> data elements.

The grouped <td> elements of a <tr> tag renders as a single row in the table. The content of the <td> elements is regular and left-aligned in the table by default.

Syntax

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Start and End tag
Usage	Table content

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>HTML td tag</title>
	<style>
	th{
	 background-color: #6495ed;
	}
	th,td{
		border: 1px solid black;
		padding: 10px;
		}
	</style>
</head>
<body>
  <h2>Example of td Tag</h2>
  <table style=" border-collapse: collapse; background-color:#dcdcdc;">
       <tr>
  	<th>Product</th>
  	<th>Quantity</th>
  	<th>Price</th>
       </tr>

  	<tr>
  	    <td>Books</td>	
  	    <td>5</td>
  	     <td>589</td>
  	</tr>

  	<tr>
  	   <td>T-shirt</td>	
  	   <td>5</td>
  	   <td>3500</td>
  	</tr>
            
            <tr>
  	  <td>Jeans</td>	
  	    <td>2</td>
  	   <td>5000</td>
  	</tr>
  </table>
</body>
</html>

Test it Now

Output:

Fixed column width using <td> tag in a table

In an HTML table, the dimensions of the rows and columns in a table are automatically adjusted by the browser so that the contents fit in the row. However, there can be a situation where the width of the columns needs to be fixed or equal-sized. So there are various techniques to fix the width of the column.

<td> tag width attribute: The <td> tag width attribute is used to fix the width of a particular column. With this, we can assign a numeric value to this attribute or in terms of percentage.

Following is an example of fixing the column width using the <td> tag width attribute.

Example 1

<! DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
<head>  
    <title> HTML td tag with fixed width </title>  
  <meta charset = "UTF-8" />
  <meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width,
   initial-scale = 1.0" />
    <style> 
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Bangers);	
	body {
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-align: center;
  white-space: nowrap;
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #E1332D;
}
	table.center {
  margin-left: auto; 
  margin-right: auto;
}
    th {  
     background-color: #6495ed;  
    }  
    th,td {  
        border: 1px solid red;  
        padding: 10px;  
        }  
thead {
  display: table-header-group;
color: green;
font-weight: bold;
}
h2 {
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: normal;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 1em;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-size: 4vw;
  z-index: 1000;
  font-family: 'Bangers', cursive;
  text-shadow: 5px 5px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
  @include skew(0, -6.7deg, false);
  @include transition-property(font-size);
  @include transition-duration(0.5s);
 
}
thead {
      border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
      padding:10px;
      width: 120px;
        background-color: #004496;
        color: #fff;
        font-family: arial;
        font-size: 12px;
		
    }
	td {
      border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
      padding:10px;
      width: 120px;
        background-color: #004496;
        color: #fff;
        font-family: arial;
        font-size: 12px;
		
    }
	th {
      border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
      padding:10px;
      width: 120px;
        background-color: #004496;
        color: #fff;
        font-family: arial;
        font-size: 12px;
		
    }
	h3 {
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: normal;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 1em;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-size: 3vw;
  z-index: 1000;
  font-family: 'Bangers', cursive;
  text-shadow: 5px 5px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
  @include skew(0, -6.7deg, false);
  @include transition-property(font-size);
  @include transition-duration(0.5s);
 
}
    </style>  
</head>  
<body>  
  <h2> Example </h2>
  <h3> Fixed column width using td Tag </h3>  
  <table class = "center" style = " border-collapse: collapse; background-color:#dcdcdc;">  
<thead>
      <tr>
        <td width  = "10%" style = "color:red;"> Sr. No </td>
        <td width = "40%"> Product </td>
        <td width = "20%"> Quantity </td>
        <td width = "30%"> Price </td>
      </tr>
    </thead> 
  
    <tr>  
        <td style = "color:red;"> 1 </td>  
        <td> Books </td>    
        <td> 5 </td>  
         <td> 589 </td>  
    </tr>  
  
    <tr>  
       <td style = "color:red;"> 2 </td>  
       <td> T-shirt </td>   
       <td> 5 </td>  
       <td> 3500 </td>  
    </tr>        
            <tr>  
       <td style = "color:red;"> 3 </td>  
      <td> Jeans </td>      
        <td> 2 </td>  
       <td> 5000 </td>  
    </tr>  
<tr>  
       <td style = "color:red;"> 4 </td>  
      <td> Suits </td>      
        <td> 3 </td>  
       <td> 6000 </td>  
    </tr>  

  </table>  
</body>  
</html>  

Explanation:

In the above example, we have created an example of fixing the column width using the <td> tag width attribute.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

Example 2:

<! DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
<head>  
    <title> HTML td tag with  Equal width  column </title>  
  <meta charset = "UTF-8" />
  <meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width,
   initial-scale = 1.0" />
    <style> 
body {
  font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif;
  line-height: 1.25;
}
table {
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  border-collapse: collapse;
  table-layout: fixed;
  width: 100%;
}
table caption {
  font-size: 1.5em;
  margin: .5em 0 .75em;
}
table tr {
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  padding: .35em;
}
table tr:nth-child(even) {
  background: #f8f8f8;  
}
table th {
  padding: .625em;
  text-align: left;
}
table td {
  padding: .625em;
  text-align: left;
}
table th {
  background: #999;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 1.85em;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
table td {
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Bangers);	
	body {
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-align: center;
  white-space: nowrap;
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #E1332D;
}
h2 {
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: normal;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 1em;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-size: 3vw;
  z-index: 1000;
  font-family: 'Bangers', cursive;
  text-shadow: 5px 5px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
  @include skew(0, -6.7deg, false);
  @include transition-property(font-size);
  @include transition-duration(0.5s);
 
}
thead {
      border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
      padding:10px;
      width: 120px;
        background-color: #004496;
        color: #fff;
        font-family: arial;
        font-size: 12px;
		
    }
	td {
      border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
      padding:10px;
      width: 120px;
        background-color: #004496;
        color: #fff;
        font-family: arial;
        font-size: 12px;
		
    }
	th {
      border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
      padding:10px;
      width: 120px;
        background-color: #004496;
        color: #fff;
        font-family: arial;
        font-size: 18px;
		
    }
	h3 {
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: normal;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 1em;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-size: 2vw;
  z-index: 1000;
  font-family: 'Bangers', cursive;
  text-shadow: 5px 5px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
  @include skew(0, -6.7deg, false);
  @include transition-property(font-size);
  @include transition-duration(0.5s);
 
}
    </style>  
</head>  
<body>  
  <h2> Example </h2>
  <h3> Equal Sized column width using td Tag </h3>
<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope = "col"> Sr. No </th>
      <th scope = "col"> Product </th>
      <th scope = "col"> Quantity </th>
      <th scope = "col"> Price </th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
        <tr>  
        <td style = "color:red;"> 1 </td>  
        <td> Books </td>    
        <td> 5 </td>  
         <td> 589 </td>  
    </tr>  
  
    <tr>  
       <td style = "color:red;"> 2 </td>  
       <td> T-shirt </td>   
       <td> 5 </td>  
       <td> 3500 </td>  
    </tr>                
            <tr>  
       <td style = "color:red;"> 3 </td>  
      <td> Jeans </td>      
        <td> 2 </td>  
       <td> 5000 </td>  
    </tr>  
<tr>  
       <td style = "color:red;"> 4 </td>  
      <td> Suits </td>      
        <td> 3 </td>  
       <td> 6000 </td>  
    </tr>  
  </tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

In the above example, we have created an example of equal size column width using <td> tag.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

Fixed column width using <col> tag in a table

<col> tag: The <col> tag in a table is used to fix the width of a particular column. With this, we can assign a numeric value to this attribute or in terms of percentage.

Following is an example of how to fix the column width using the <col> tag.

Example 1:

<! DOCTYPE html>
<html>
	<head>
		<title> Html fixed width using col tag </title>
		<meta charset = "UTF-8" />
		<meta name = "viewport"
			content = "width=device-width,
					initial-scale = 1.0" />
		<style>
		@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Bangers);	
	body {
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-align: center;
  white-space: nowrap;
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #E1332D;
}
table {
	border: 1px solid black;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	margin-left: auto; 
  margin-right: auto;
}
th {
	border: 1px solid black;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	margin-left: auto; 
  margin-right: auto;
}
td {
	border: 1px solid black;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	margin-left: auto; 
  margin-right: auto;
}

    table {
	  width: 50%;
	}
	table.fixed {
		table-layout: fixed;
	}
	table.fixed td {
		overflow: hidden;
	}
	thead {
  display: table-header-group;
color: green;
font-weight: bold;
}
h2 {
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: normal;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 1em;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-size: 4vw;
  z-index: 1000;
  font-family: 'Bangers', cursive;
  text-shadow: 5px 5px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
  @include skew(0, -6.7deg, false);
  @include transition-property(font-size);
  @include transition-duration(0.5s);
 
}
thead {
      border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
      padding:10px;
      width: 120px;
        background-color: #004496;
        color: #fff;
        font-family: arial;
        font-size: 12px;
		
    }
	td {
      border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
      padding:10px;
      width: 120px;
        background-color: #004496;
        color: #fff;
        font-family: arial;
        font-size: 12px;
		
    }
	th {
      border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
      padding:10px;
      width: 120px;
        background-color: #004496;
        color: #fff;
        font-family: arial;
        font-size: 12px;
		
    }
	h3 {
  text-align: center;
  font-weight: normal;
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 1em;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-size: 3vw;
  z-index: 1000;
  font-family: 'Bangers', cursive;
  text-shadow: 5px 5px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
  @include skew(0, -6.7deg, false);
  @include transition-property(font-size);
  @include transition-duration(0.5s);
 
}
		</style>
	</head>
	<body>
		<h2> Example </h2>
  <h3> Fixed column width using col Tag </h3>  
				<div style = "overflow-x: auto;">			
			<table>
			<col style = "width: 10%;" />
<col style = "width: 40%;" />
<col style = "width: 20%;" />
<col style = "width: 30%;" />
<tr>
	<th> Sr. No </th>
	<th> Product </th>
   <th> Quantity </th>
      <th> Price </th>
</tr>
<tr>  
        <td style = "color:red;"> 1 </td>  
        <td> Books </td>    
        <td> 5 </td>  
         <td> 589 </td>  
    </tr>    
    <tr>  
       <td style = "color:red;"> 2 </td>  
       <td> T-shirt </td>   
       <td> 5 </td>  

       <td> 3500 </td>  
    </tr>                
     <tr>  
       <td style = "color:red;"> 3 </td>  
      <td> Jeans </td>      
        <td> 2 </td>  
       <td> 5000 </td>  
    </tr>  
<tr>  
       <td style = "color:red;"> 4 </td>  
      <td> Suits </td>      
        <td> 3 </td>  
       <td> 6000 </td>  
    </tr>  
</table>
		</div>
	</body>
</html>

Explanation:

In the above example, we have created an example of fixing the column width using the <col> tag.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
abbr	text	It defines the abbreviated version of content of the cell. (Not Supported in HTML5)
align	left right center justify char	It specifies the alignment of the content of the cell. (Not Supported in HTML5)
axis	category_name	It Categorizes Cells. . (Not Supported in HTML5)
bgcolor	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx Color_name	It sets the background color of the cell. (Not Supported in HTML5)
char	character	It specifies the alignment of the content of cell to the character. (Not Supported in HTML5)
charoff	number	It determines the number of characters the content aligned from the character specified by the char attribute. (Not Supported in HTML5)
colspan	number	It determines the number of columns a cell should span.
headers	header_id	It determines one or more header cells to which a cell is related.
height	% pixels	It determines the height of a table cell. (Not Supported in HTML5)
nowrap	nowrap	If it sets then content inside the cell should not wrap. (Not Supported in HTML5)
rowspan	number	It determines the number of rows a cell should span.
scope	col colgroup row rowgroup	It specifies the cells that the header element relates to. (Not Supported in HTML5)
valign	top middle bottom baseline	It determines the vertical alignment of the cell content. (Not Supported in HTML5)
width	% pixels	It determines the width of the cell.(Not Supported in HTML5)