<th> tag in HTML
The <th> tag is used to specify a header data cell in an HTML table. The <th> header cells must be used as child elements of a parent <tr> element.
Important Description
- The <th> elements are bold and centered by default.
- Open and close tag required of <th> element.
Example of <th> tag
<th> Tag Browser Support
| Element |
Chrome |
Edge |
Firefox |
Safari |
Opera |
| <th> |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Global Attributes
Event Attributes
Attributes
The "align", "axis", "bgcolor", "char", "charoff", "height", "nowrap", "valign", and "width" attributes are not supported in HTML5:
| Attribute |
Value |
Description |
| abbr |
text |
Abbr attribute specifies an abbreviated version of the content in a header cell |
| colspan |
number |
Colspan attribute specifies the number of columns a cell should span |
| headers |
header_id |
Header attribute specifies one or more header cells a cell is related to |
| rowspan |
number |
Rowspan attribute sets the number of rows a cell should span |
| scope |
col
colgroup
row
rowgroup |
Scope attribute a header cell is a header for a column, row |
| sorted |
reversed
number
reversed number
number reversed |
Sorted attribute defines the sort direction of a column |