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<!--> <!DOCTYPE> <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <applet> <area> <article> <aside> <audio> <b> <base> <basefont> <bdi> <bdo> <big> <blockquote> <body> <br> <button> <canvas> <caption> <center> <cite> <code> <col> <colgroup> <command> <datalist> <dd> <del> <details> <dfn> <dialog> <dir> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <embed> <fieldset> <figcaption> <figure> <font> <footer> <form> <frame> <frameset> <head> <header> <hgroup> <h1> - <h6> <hr> <html> <i> <iframe> <img> <input> <ins> <kbd> <keygen> <label> <legend> <li> <link> <map> <mark> <menu> <meta> <meter> <nav> <noframes> <noscript> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <output> <p> <param> <pre> <progress> <q> <rp> <rt> <ruby> <s> <samp> <script> <section> <select> <small> <source> <span> <strike> <strong> <style> <sub> <summary> <sup> <table> <tbody> <td> <textarea> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <time> <title> <tr> <track> <tt> <u> <ul> <var> <video> <wbr>HTML <th> Tag
Example
A simple HTML table with two header cells and two data cells:
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
<tr>
<th>Month</th>
<th>Savings</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>January</td>
<td>$100</td>
</tr>
</table>
Try it yourself »
(more examples at the bottom of this page)
Browser Support
The <th> tag is supported in all major browsers.
Definition and Usage
The <th> tag defines a header cell in an HTML table.
An HTML table has two kinds of cells:
- Header cells - contains header information (created with the <th> element)
- Standard cells - contains data (created with the <td> element)
The text in <th> elements are bold and centered by default.
The text in <td> elements are regular and left-aligned by default.
Tips and Notes
Tip: Use the colspan and rowspan attribute to let the content span over multiple columns or rows!
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Some HTML 4.01 attributes are not supported in HTML5.
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| abbr | text | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies an abbreviated version of the content in a header cell |
| align | left right center justify char |
Not supported in HTML5. Aligns the content in a header cell |
| axis | category_name | Not supported in HTML5. Categorizes header cells |
| bgcolor | rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname |
Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the background color of a header cell |
| char | character | Not supported in HTML5. Aligns the content in a header cell to a character |
| charoff | number | Not supported in HTML5. Sets the number of characters the content will be aligned from the character specified by the char attribute |
| colspan | number | Specifies the number of columns a header cell should span |
| headers | header_id | Specifies one or more header cells a cell is related to |
| height | pixels % |
Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Sets the height of a header cell |
| nowrap | nowrap | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies that the content inside a header cell should not wrap |
| rowspan | number | Specifies the number of rows a header cell should span |
| scope | col colgroup row rowgroup |
Specifies whether a header cell is a header for a column, row, or group of columns or rows |
| valign | top middle bottom baseline |
Not supported in HTML5. Vertical aligns the content in a header cell |
| width | pixels % |
Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the width of a header cell |
Global Attributes
The <th> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <th> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Try it Yourself - Examples
Table headers
How to create table headers.
Empty cells
How to use " " to handle cells that have no content.
Table with a caption
An HTML table with a caption.
Tags inside a
table
How to display elements inside other elements.
Cells that span more than one row/column
How to define table cells that span more than one row or one column.
Related Pages
HTML tutorial: HTML Tables
HTML DOM reference: Th object
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