The <th> tag

Definition and Usage

Defines a header cell in a table. Very much the same as a data cell, but rendered in bold and with a default center alignment.

Examples

This code:

Produces this output:

<table border = "1">
<tr>
<th>Header 1</th>
<th>Header 2</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell A</td>
<td>Cell B</td>
</tr>
</table>

Header 1	Header 2
Cell A	Cell B

Optional Attributes

Attributes:	Values:	Description:
abbr	text	Abbreviated version of the content in the cell
align	left right center justify char	Horizontal alignment of cell content
axis	category_names	A comma-separated list of category names. The list categorizes cells.
bgcolor	color	Deprecated. Use styles instead
char	character	Sets which character to be used to center the text around, when you set align="char"
charoff	pixels %	Specifies an offset that must be used when you have set align="char". This offset is added to the position where the character to center around is
colspan	number	Number of columns this cell must cover. If the value is "0", this column will span from this column to the last column in the table
height	% pixels	Deprecated. Use styles instead, like this: <th style="height:100px">
headers	header_cells'_id	A space-separated list that specifies the header cells that apply to the <th>. This attribute allows text-only browsers to render the header information for a given cell.
rowspan	number	Number of rows this cell must cover. If the value is "0", this row will span from this row to the last row in the table
scope	col colgroup row rowgroup	Specifies the cells for which the th element provides header information. This attribute is a simpler alternative to using headers
valign	top middle bottom baseline	Vertical alignment of cell contents
width	% pixels	Deprecated. Use styles instead, like this: <th style="width:100px">

Standard Attributes

id, class, title, style, dir, lang

For a full description, go to Standard Attributes.

Event Attributes

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

For a full description, go to Event Attributes.

Jump to: Top of Page or HOME or Printer friendly page

Search W3Schools:

What Others Say About Us

Does the world know about us? Check out these places:

Dogpile Alta Vista MSN Google Excite Lycos Yahoo Ask Jeeves

We Help You For Free. You Can Help Us!

W3Schools is for training only. We do not warrant its correctness or its fitness for use. The risk of using it remains entirely with the user. While using this site, you agree to have read and accepted our terms of use and privacy policy.

How we converted to XHTML

Active Server Pages Resource Web Site

Your own Web Site?

Read W3Schools
Hosting Tutorial

$15 Domain Name
Registration
Save $20 / year!

Advertise
at W3Schools

Only 0.5 CPM

SELECTED LINKS

University Online
Master Degree
Bachelor Degree

Web Software

The Future of
Web Development

Jobs and Careers

Web Security
Web Statistics
Web Standards

PARTNERS

W3Schools
TopXML
VisualBuilder
XMLPitstop
DevelopersDex
DevGuru
Programmers Heaven
The Code Project
Tek Tips Forum
ZVON.ORG
TopXML Search