HTML <th> tag
HTML <th> tag
The <th> tag specifies a header cell in an HTML table.
There are two kinds of cells available for an HTML table.
<th>(header cell) - contains column heading.- <td> (data cell) - contains table data.
Note: By default, the text inside the <th> element are bold and centered.
Example
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th>S.No</th>
<th>Name</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Brendan</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Eich</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Attributes
The following are the attributes of <th> tag. Also try Global attributes.
| Attribute | Value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| abbr | text | Specifies an abbreviated description of the content in a <th> element. |
| colspan | number | Specifies how many columns the <th> element should extend. |
| headers | ID | Contains a list of space-separated strings, each corresponding to the id attribute of the <th> elements that apply to this element. |
| rowspan | number | Specifies how many rows the <th> element should extend. |
| scope |
| Specifies whether a header cell is a header for a row, column, rowgroup, or colgroup. |
Deprecated Attributes
The following attributes should not be used in any case.
| Attribute | Value | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| align |
| Specifies the horizontal alignment of the content in a <th> element. |
| axis | ID | Specifies a grouping of cell. |
| bgcolor |
| Specifies the background color of a <th> element. |
| char | text | Specifies a character to align the content inside <th> element. |
| charoff | number | Specifies the number of characters to offset the <th> data from the alignment characters specified by the char attribute. |
| height | px / % | Specifies the height of the <th> element. |
| valign |
| Specifies the vertical alignment of the content in the <th> element. |
| width | px / % | Specifies the width of the <th> element. |
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