How to create table heading in HTML?


Use the <th> tag in HTML to create a heading. The HTML <th> tag is used for specifying a header cell or table header within a table.

The following are the 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
rowspan
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

Example

You can try to run the following code to learn how to create table heading in HTML −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <style>
         table, th, td {
            border: 1px solid black;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   <body>
      <h3>Result</h3>

      <table>
         <th>Marks</th>
         <th>Student</th>

         <tr>
            <td>600</td>
            <td>Amit</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>400</td>
            <td>Anil</td>
         </tr>
      </table>

   </body>
</html>

Updated on: 02-Mar-2020

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