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td/th headers Property

td/th Object

Definition and Usage

The headers property sets or returns a list of header cells containing header information for the current data cell.

This property sets or returns a space-separated list of header cell ids.

Syntax

Set the headers property:

tdObject.headers="header_ids"

or

thObject.headers="header_ids"

Return the headers property:

tdObject.headers

or

thObject.headers

Tip: There is no default value for the headers property.

Value	Description
header_ids	Defines a space-separated list of header cell ids

Browser Support

The headers property is supported in all major browsers.

Example

Display cell headers of second row:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function displayResult()
{
var table=document.getElementById("myTable");
for (var i=0;i<table.rows[1].cells.length;i++)
{
alert(table.rows[1].cells[i].headers);
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<table id="myTable" border="1" width="100%">
<tr>
    <th id="name">Name</td>
    <th id="email">Email</td>
    <th id="phone">Phone</td>
    <th id="addr">Address</td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td headers="name">John Doe</td>
    <td headers="email">someone@example.com</td>
    <td headers="phone">+45342323</td>
    <td headers="addr">Rosevn 56,4300 Sandnes,Norway</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>

<button type="button" onclick="displayResult()">Get cell headers of second row</button>

</body>
</html>

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td/th Object