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Learn more about Labs <th> for a column instead of row? Ask Question Asked 11 years, 10 months ago Modified 6 years, 9 months ago Viewed 7k times 7

Consider the following HTML:

<table> <tr> <td>Born</td> <td><time datetime="1986-11-05">5^th November 1986</time></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gender</td> <td>Male</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sports</td> <td>Football<br />Tennis</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Teams</td> <td>Liverpool FC<br />Spain FC</td> </tr> </table>

Is it possible to use <th> in reference to a column, rather than a row? I'd like the left column bold.

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Share Improve this question Follow edited Feb 15, 2018 at 18:16 Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩 5,8757272 gold badges6060 silver badges133133 bronze badges asked Feb 4, 2013 at 3:29 Danny BeckettDanny Beckett 20.8k2525 gold badges111111 silver badges142142 bronze badges 1

• 3 Bold is just a matter of CSS. <th> is an element with specific semantic meaning. – Matt Ball Commented Feb 4, 2013 at 3:32

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Yes, you can use <th> for cells in rows or columns.

<table> <tr> <th>Born</th> <td><time datetime="1986-11-05">5^th November 1986</time></td> </tr> <tr> <th>Gender</th> <td>Male</td> </tr> ... Share Improve this answer Follow answered Feb 4, 2013 at 3:31 BradBrad 164k5555 gold badges373373 silver badges545545 bronze badges 0 Add a comment | 12

The spec clearly says that a th element can provide header information for a column or for a row (or group of columns or rows). The attribute scope=row can be used to explicitly say that the header cell is a row header.

Using th vs. td has a few implications. The functional implication is that user agents may treat th in a special way, giving the user access to data cells by corresponding header information. This applies mostly to speech-baser agents. For this to be meaningful, the th cell should really provide identifying information for the data row or data column. In this case, the condition is satisfied. So you could and should use th instead of td, quite independently of the desired rendering.

The other implications are that by default, th element content is rendered in bold face and horizontally centered. If this is not regarded as appropriate, you can easily override it in CSS (or even in HTML). In your case, if you want the content to be bold but left-aligned, use th { text-align: left; }. (Another, perhaps better, style is to right-align row headers: th { text-align: right; }. Centering may look odd.)

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Feb 4, 2013 at 9:36 Jukka K. KorpelaJukka K. Korpela 201k3838 gold badges278278 silver badges403403 bronze badges Add a comment | 0

Or you can add that css to bold only the first column

table tr td:first-child{font-weight:bold;} Share Improve this answer Follow answered Feb 4, 2013 at 3:36 Jonathan de M.Jonathan de M. 9,79888 gold badges4949 silver badges7272 bronze badges 1

• 1 This is what a <th> is for though. No point re-inventing the wheel. Thanks for the effort, however. – Danny Beckett Commented Feb 4, 2013 at 3:37

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