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
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Animal</th>
<th>Color</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mouse</td>
<td>White</td>
</tr>
</table>
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:
|
valign | Vertical alignment. Possible values:
|
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 | |||||
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Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Last updated by CSSPortal on: 6th December 2019