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TrapezeArtist
TrapezeArtist

Reputation: 907

How to Make a <td> Clickable As a Link (Without Javascript)

I am writing some code for sending HTML e-mails. Due to the non-standard nature of e-mail clients, I am restricted to some pretty antediluvian code (no Javascript, no divs, no CSS shortcuts, etc.)

The call-to-action buttons are TDs but so far I haven't been able to make the whole button clickable; just the text in the middle.

The code is something like

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="20">
            <tr>
            <td align="center" valign="middle" width="33%" style="background-color:#6483c1; border:1px solid #44619a; border-radius:2px; padding-top:20px; padding-right:10px; padding-bottom:20px; padding-left:10px;">
            <a href="http://littlehotels.co.uk/travelinsurance.php" target="_blank" style="color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none;"><font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ffffff"><b>Travel Insurance</b></font></a>
            </td>

I have already tried adding display:block to the td style, but that didn't work.

Am I trying to do the impossible?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 16200

Answers (3)

Gortonington
Gortonington

Reputation: 3587

There is a way, it is not precisely what you are asking for, but should give you want you want - even in Outlook! You were on the right track, but the CSS stylings should be on the a tag instead. The best part is that there is a free online tool that can create the code for you.

Go to buttons.cm and it will create the html and VML needed to give you a fully clickable button in HTML/CSS and not just as an image.

Added code output from buttons.cm as reference in case it ever gets taken down:

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="20">
            <tr>
            <td align="center" valign="middle" width="33%"><div><!--[if mso]>
  <v:roundrect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href="http://littlehotels.co.uk/travelinsurance.php" style="height:40px;v-text-anchor:middle;width:200px;" arcsize="5%" strokecolor="#44619a" fillcolor="#6483c1">
    <w:anchorlock/>
    <center style="color:#ffffff;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-weight:bold;">Travel Insurance</center>
  </v:roundrect>
<![endif]--><a href="http://littlehotels.co.uk/travelinsurance.php"
style="background-color:#6483c1;border:1px solid #44619a;border-radius:2px;color:#ffffff;display:inline-block;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;line-height:40px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:200px;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;mso-hide:all;">Travel Insurance</a></div>
            </td>
            </tr>
            </table>

Upvotes: 0

Roko C. Buljan
Roko C. Buljan

Reputation: 206258

You cannot make a <td> clickable without JS
Enlarge the inner <a> size instead - to cover the needed area,
setting it's display to block might help.

Upvotes: 1

j08691
j08691

Reputation: 207919

Make the anchor a block level element and move the padding from the table cell to the anchor:

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="20">
  <tr>
    <td align="center" valign="middle" width="33%" style="background-color:#6483c1; border:1px solid #44619a; border-radius:2px;">
      <a href="http://littlehotels.co.uk/travelinsurance.php" target="_blank" style="padding:20px 10px;display:block;color:#FFFFFF; text-decoration:none;"><font size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ffffff"><b>Travel Insurance</b></font></a>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Upvotes: 9

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