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HTML <th> Tag ❮ Previous Complete HTML Reference Next ❯

Example

A simple HTML table with three rows, two header cells and four data cells:

<table> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$80</td> </tr></table> Try it Yourself »

More "Try it Yourself" examples below.

Definition and Usage

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

An HTML table has two kinds of cells:

• Header cells - contains header information (created with the <th> element)
• Data cells - contains data (created with the <td> element)

The text in <th> elements are bold and centered by default.

The text in <td> elements are regular and left-aligned by default.

Browser Support

Element
<th>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
abbr	text	Specifies an abbreviated version of the content in a header cell
colspan	number	Specifies the number of columns a header cell should span
headers	header_id	Specifies one or more header cells a cell is related to
rowspan	number	Specifies the number of rows a header cell should span
scope	col colgroup row rowgroup	Specifies whether a header cell is a header for a column, row, or group of columns or rows

Global Attributes

The <th> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The <th> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

More Examples

Example

How to align content inside <th> (with CSS):

<table style="width:100%"> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Month</th> <th style="text-align:left">Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$80</td> </tr></table> Try it Yourself »

Example

How to add background-color to table header cell (with CSS):

<table> <tr> <th style="background-color:#FF0000">Month</th> <th style="background-color:#00FF00">Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself »

Example

How to set the height of a table header cell (with CSS):

<table> <tr> <th style="height:100px">Month</th> <th style="height:100px">Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr></table> Try it Yourself »

Example

How to specify no word-wrapping in table header cell (with CSS):

<table> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th style="white-space:nowrap">My Savings for a new car</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr></table> Try it Yourself »

Example

How to vertical align content inside <th> (with CSS):

<table style="width:50%;"> <tr style="height:100px"> <th style="vertical-align:bottom">Month</th> <th style="vertical-align:bottom">Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr></table> Try it Yourself »

Example

How to set the width of a table header cell (with CSS):

<table style="width:100%"> <tr> <th style="width:70%">Month</th> <th style="width:30%">Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr></table> Try it Yourself »

Example

How to create table headers:

<table> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Email</th> <th>Phone</th> </tr> <tr> <td>John Doe</td> <td>john.doe@example.com</td> <td>123-45-678</td> </tr></table> Try it Yourself »

Example

How to create a table with a caption:

<table> <caption>Monthly savings</caption> <tr> <th>Month</th> <th>Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$80</td> </tr> </table> Try it Yourself »

Example

How to define table cells that span more than one row or one column:

<table> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Email</th> <th colspan="2">Phone</th> </tr> <tr> <td>John Doe</td> <td>john.doe@example.com</td> <td>123-45-678</td> <td>212-00-546</td> </tr></table> Try it Yourself »

Related Pages

HTML tutorial: HTML Tables

HTML DOM reference: TableHeader Object

CSS Tutorial: Styling Tables

Default CSS Settings

Most browsers will display the <th> element with the following default values:

th { display: table-cell; vertical-align: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;} ❮ Previous Complete HTML Reference Next ❯ ★ +1 Track your progress - it's free! Log in Sign Up