HTML <th> Tag

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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

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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
rowspan	Sets the number of rows a cell should span
colspan	Specifies the number of columns a cell should span