HTML <td> title Attribute

HTML <tbody>

HTML <template>

The title attribute on a <td> tag adds a tooltip with title text to the table data cell.

Hovering the mouse over the table cell will display the tooltip.

Example

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A title attribute on a <td> tag.
Hover over the data cells to see the tooltips.

First name	Last name
Denice	Hobermann
Paulo	Cornell
Jane	Hollander

<style>
  table.tb { width:300px; border-collapse: collapse; }
  .tb th, .tb td { border: solid 1px #777; padding: 5px; }
  .tb th {background-color: lightblue; }
</style>

<table class="tb">
  <tr>
    <th>First name</th>
    <th>Last name</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td title="Customer is from Ireland">Denice</td>
    <td title="Customer'is from Ireland">Hobermann</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td title="Customer is from Brazil">Paulo</td>
    <td title="Customer is from Brazil">Cornell</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td title="Customer is from the US">Jane</td>
    <td title="Customer is from the US">Hollander</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Code explanation

The title attribute is placed in the <td> opening tag.

The value can be any string. Hover over the td and a tooltip appears.

Using title

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The title attributes attaches additional information to the <td> element.

The title value displays as a tooltip.

The tooltip displays when the <td> element is hovered.

Syntax

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