HTML <th> tag

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HTML <th> tag

The <th> tag specifies a header cell in an HTML table.

There are two kinds of cells available for an HTML table.

<th> (header cell) - contains column heading.
<td> (data cell) - contains table data.

Note: By default, the text inside the <th> element are bold and centered.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <table> <tr> <th>S.No</th> <th>Name</th> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>Brendan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Eich</td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

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Attributes

The following are the attributes of <th> tag. Also try Global attributes.

Attribute	Value	Explanation
abbr	text	Specifies an abbreviated description of the content in a <th> element.
colspan	number	Specifies how many columns the <th> element should extend.
headers	ID	Contains a list of space-separated strings, each corresponding to the id attribute of the <th> elements that apply to this element.
rowspan	number	Specifies how many rows the <th> element should extend.
scope	row col rowgroup colgroup auto	Specifies whether a header cell is a header for a row, column, rowgroup, or colgroup.

Deprecated Attributes

The following attributes should not be used in any case.

Attribute	Value	Explanation
align	left right center justify char	Specifies the horizontal alignment of the content in a <th> element.
axis	ID	Specifies a grouping of cell.
bgcolor	color name #RRGGBB	Specifies the background color of a <th> element.
char	text	Specifies a character to align the content inside <th> element.
charoff	number	Specifies the number of characters to offset the <th> data from the alignment characters specified by the char attribute.
height	px / %	Specifies the height of the <th> element.
valign	baseline bottom middle top	Specifies the vertical alignment of the content in the <th> element.
width	px / %	Specifies the width of the <th> element.