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Attributes of the <TR>,<TD> and <TH> Tags

Let’s discuss in detail the attributes of the <TR>, <TD> and <TH> tags.

Bordercolor and Bgcolor

The bordercolor attribute is used to set the colour of row or column and bgcolor attribute is
used to set the background colour of a row or column.

Horizontal Alignment

The align attribute places the text either to the left, right or center. We can set diff erent
alignment to each cell individually.

Syntax: <TR align=”left ”>
<TR align=”center”>

Vertical Alignment

The valign attribute sets the vertical alignment of data in a column. The data is placed at top,
middle and bottom.

Syntax: <TD valign=”top”>
<TD valign=”bottom”>

Colspan

The colspan attribute indicates the number of columns the cell should span.

Syntax: <TD colspan=”3”>

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