HTML <th> Tag

Description

The <th> HTML element is designed to create one table cell, which is designated as the header. The text in such a cell is usually displayed in bold by the browser and is aligned in the center. The <th> element must be placed inside the <tr> container, which in turn is located inside the <table>.

Properties

Permitted Parents: A <tr> element
Content: Block, inline and text
Start/End Tags: Start tag: optional, End tag: optional

Example

HTML

<table border="1">

  <tr>

    <th>Animal</th>

    <th>Color</th>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td>Mouse</td>

    <td>White</td>

  </tr>

</table>

Result

Attributes

Attribute	Definition
scope	Defines a way to associate header cells and data cells in a table
abbr	Specifies an abbreviated version of the content in a cell
axis	Categorizes cells
rowspan	Sets the number of rows a cell should span
colspan	Specifies the number of columns a cell should span
nowrap	Specifies that the content inside a cell should not wrap
width	Specifies the width of a cell
height	Sets the height of a cell
bgcolor	Background color of the td.
align	Visual alignment. Possible values: left center right justify char
valign	Vertical alignment. Possible values: top middle bottom baseline
char	Specifies a character to use for aligning text to. Used when align=char.
charoff	Specifies an alignment offset (either in pixels or percentage value) against the first character as specified with the char attribute. Used when align=char

Global Attributes

The <th> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5

Event Attributes

The <th> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5

Browser Support

Desktop

Yes	12	1	1	Yes	Yes

Tablets / Mobile

Yes	Yes	4	Yes	Yes	Yes

Last updated by CSSPortal on: 6th December 2019

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