HTML <th> Tag

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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