HTML DOM TableData Object

TableData object

The TableData object represents the HTML <td> element.

Access the TableData object

You can access the <td> element using getElementById():

var x = document.getElementById("myTd");

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Tip:You can also iterate over the table rows cells collection to access the <td> element.

Create TableData Object

You can use the document.createElement() method to create a <td> element:

var x = document.createElement("TD");

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TableData Object Properties

Attributes Description
abbr

Not supported in HTML5.

Set or return the value of the abbr attribute.

align

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.textAlign.

Set or return the horizontal alignment of the content within the data cell.

axis

Not supported in HTML5.

Set or return a comma-separated list of related data cells.

background

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.background.

Set or return the background image of the data cell.

bgColor

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.backgroundColor.

Set or return the background color of the table.

cellIndex Return the position of the cell in the collection of cells in the table row.
ch

Not supported in HTML5.

Set or return the alignment character of the data cell.

chOff

Not supported in HTML5.

Set or return the horizontal offset of the ch attribute.

colSpan Set or return the value of the colspan attribute.
headers Set or return the value of the headers attribute.
height

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.height.

Set or return the height of the data cell.

noWrap

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.whiteSpace.

Set or return whether the content in the cell can be wrapped.

rowSpan Set or return the value of the rowspan attribute.
vAlign

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.verticalAlign.

Set or return the vertical alignment of the content within the cell.

width

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.width.

Set or return the width of the data cell.

Standard properties and events

The TableData object supports both standardsAttributesandEvents.

Related Pages

HTML Tutorial:HTML Table

HTML Reference Manual:HTML <td> Tag