Name

HTMLTableCellElement — a <td> or <th> cell in an HTML table

Availability

DOM Level 1 HTML

Inherits from/Overrides

Node Element HTMLElement HTMLTableCellElement

Properties

readonly long cellIndex

The position of this cell within its row.

In addition to the cellIndex property, this interface defines the properties in the following table, which correspond directly to the HTML attributes of the <td> and <th> elements.

Property

Attribute

Description

String abbr
abbr

See HTML specification

String align
align

Horizontal alignment of cell

String axis
axis

See HTML specification

deprecated String bgColor
bgcolor

Background color of cell

String ch
char

Alignment character

String chOff
choff

Alignment character offset

long colSpan
colspan

Columns spanned by cell

String headers
headers

id values for headers for this cell

deprecated String height
height

Cell height in pixels

deprecated boolean noWrap
nowrap

Don’t word-wrap cell

long rowSpan
rowspan

Rows spanned by cell

String scope
scope

Scope of this header cell

String vAlign
valign

Vertical alignment of cell

deprecated String width
width

Cell width in pixels

Description

This interface represents <td> and <th> elements in HTML tables.

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