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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER>TD - Table cell</H1>
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<TH VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><B>Appearance:</B></TH>
<TD VALIGN=TOP><TD> [</TD>] <BR></TD>
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<TH VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><B>Attributes:</B></TH>
<TD VALIGN=TOP>ROWSPAN=<CODE>n</CODE>, COLSPAN=<CODE>n</CODE>, NOWRAP, ALIGN=left|right|center, VALIGN=top|middle|bottom, WIDTH=<CODE>n</CODE>, HEIGHT=<CODE>n</CODE><BR></TD>
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<TH VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><B>Contents:</B></TH>
<TD VALIGN=TOP><A HREF="../block/h1.html">H1</A>, <A HREF="../block/h2.html">H2</A>, <A HREF="../block/h3.html">H3</A>, <A HREF="../block/h4.html">H4</A>, <A HREF="../block/h5.html">H5</A>, <A HREF="../block/h6.html">H6</A>, <A HREF="../block/p.html">P</A>, <A HREF="../list/ul.html">UL</A>, <A HREF="../list/ol.html">OL</A>, <A HREF="../list/dir.html">DIR</A>, <A HREF="../list/menu.html">MENU</A>, <A HREF="../block/pre.html">PRE</A>, <A HREF="../list/dl.html">DL</A>, <A HREF="../block/div.html">DIV</A>, <A HREF="../block/center.html">CENTER</A>, <A HREF="../block/blockquote.html">BLOCKQUOTE</A>, <A HREF="../block/form.html">FORM</A>, <A HREF="../block/hr.html">HR</A>, <A HREF="../table/table.html">TABLE</A>, <A HREF="../block/address.html">ADDRESS</A> as well as <A HREF="../font/tt.html">TT</A>, <A HREF="../font/i.html">I</A>, <A HREF="../font/b.html">B</A>, <A HREF="../font/u.html">U</A>, <A HREF="../font/strike.html">STRIKE</A>, <A HREF="../font/big.html">BIG</A>, <A HREF="../font/small.html">SMALL</A>, <A HREF="../font/sub.html">SUB</A>, <A HREF="../font/sup.html">SUP</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/em.html">EM</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/strong.html">STRONG</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/dfn.html">DFN</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/code.html">CODE</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/samp.html">SAMP</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/kbd.html">KBD</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/var.html">VAR</A>, <A HREF="../phrase/cite.html">CITE</A>, <A HREF="../special/a.html">A</A>, <A HREF="../special/applet.html">APPLET</A>, <A HREF="../special/img.html">IMG</A>, <A HREF="../special/font.html">FONT</A>, <A HREF="../special/basefont.html">BASEFONT</A>, <A HREF="../special/br.html">BR</A>, <A HREF="../special/map.html">MAP</A>, <A HREF="../form/input.html">INPUT</A>, <A HREF="../form/select.html">SELECT</A>, <A HREF="../form/textarea.html">TEXTAREA</A> and <A HREF="../misc/pcdata.html">plain text</A>.<BR></TD>
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<TH VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=LEFT><B>May occur in:</B></TH>
<TD VALIGN=TOP><A HREF="../table/tr.html">TR</A>.<BR></TD>
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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 <A HREF="../table/th.html">TH</A> instead of TD.
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The NOWRAP attribute indicates the contents of the current cell should
not be wrapped. You must use <A HREF="../special/br.html">BR</A> in the cell to force line breaks
to prevent the entire cell from showing up as just one line.
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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 <EM>very</EM> weird results.
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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.
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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.
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For an example on how to construct tables, please see the section
on the <A HREF="../table/table.html">TABLE</A> tag.
<H2>Notes:</H2>
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<LI>While it's not strictly required, it is good practice to close each
table cell explicitly. It makes your table easier to read.
<LI>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.
<LI>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.
<LI>If you use images in a table cell, be sure to specify the WIDTH
and HEIGHT attributes in the <A HREF="../special/img.html">IMG</A> 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.
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