HTML <th> Tag
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Description
The HTML <th> tag is used for specifying a header cell or table header within a table.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML th Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>ID</th>
<th>Product Details</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>00L1</td>
<td>i3, 500gb laptop</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
This will produce following result:
| ID | Product Details |
|---|---|
| 00L1 | i3, 500gb laptop |
Global Attributes
This tag supports all the global attributes described in - HTML Attribute Reference
Specific Attributes
The HTML <th> tag also supports following additional attributes:
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| abbr | abbreviated_text | Deprecated-Specifies an abbreviated version of the content in a header cell. |
| align | right left center justify char | Deprecated-Content alignment in header cell. |
| axis | name | Deprecated-Specifies a category for this th. |
| bgcolor | rgb(x,x,x) #hexcode colorname | Deprecated-Specifies the background color of the header cell. |
| char | character | Deprecated-Specifies which character to align text on. Used when align="char" |
| charoff | pixels or % | Deprecated-Specifies an alignment offset (either in pixels or percentage value) against the first character as specified with the char attribute. Used when align="char" |
| colspan | number | Specifies the number of columns the header cell spans across. |
| headers | id | Specifies one or more header cells a cell is related to. |
| height | pixels | Deprecated-Specifies the height of the header cell. |
| nowrap | nowrap | Deprecated-Prevents text from automatically wrapping. |
| rowspan | numbers | Specifies the number of rows the header cell spans across. |
| scope | col colgroup row rowgroup | This attribute is used on header cells and specifies the cells that will use this header's information. |
| valign | top middle bottom baseline | Deprecated-Vertical alignment. |
| width | pixels or % | Deprecated-Specifies the width of the header cell |
Event Attributes
This tag supports all the event attributes described in - HTML Events Reference
Browser Support
| Chrome | Firefox | IE | Opera | Safari | Android |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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