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In an HTML table there are two types of cells:

  • Header cell - It contains the header information (created using
element)
  • Data Cells - It contains the main data of the table (created using
    		• element).

    HTML

    		tag is used to define the header cells of an HTML table. The header cell renders as bold and centered by default on the browser, but you can change its default style using CSS properties.

    The

    		tag must be used as a child element of the
    element. The size of the table is auto-adjustable as per the content size.

    Syntax

    Following are some specifications about the HTML

    tag

    Display None
    Start tag/End tag Both Start and End tag
    Usage HTML Tables

    Example

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    Output:

    HTML th tag

    Attribute:

    Tag-specific attributes:

    Attribute Value Description
    abbr text It defines the abbreviated version of content of the header cell. (Not Supported in HTML5)
    align left
    right
    center
    justify
    char    		 It specifies the alignment of the content of the header cell. (Not Supported in HTML5)
    axis category_name It Categorizes header Cells(Not Supported in HTML5)
    bgcolor rgb(x,x,x)
    #xxxxxx
    Color_name    		 It sets the background color of the header cell. (Not Supported in HTML5)
    char character It specifies the alignment of the content of the header cell to the character. (Not Supported in HTML5)
    charoff number It specifies the number of characters the header cell content will be aligned from the character specified by the char attribute. (Not Supported in HTML5)
    colspan number It determines the number of columns a header cell should span.
    headers header_id It determines a space-separated list of header cells which contains information of the cells is related.
    height %
    pixels    		 It determines the height of a table header cell. (Not Supported in HTML5)
    nowrap nowrap If it sets then content inside the header cell should not wrap. (Not Supported in HTML5)
    rowspan number It determines the number of rows a cell should span.
    scope col
    colgroup
    row
    rowgroup    		 It specifies the cells that the header element relates to. (Not Supported in HTML5)
    valign top
    middle
    bottom
    baseline    		 It determines the vertical alignment of the cell content. (Not Supported in HTML5)
    width %
    pixels    		 It determines the width of the header cell.(Not Supported in HTML5)

    Global attribute:

    The

    		tag supports the Global attributes in HTML.

    Event attribute:

    The

    		tag supports the Event attributes in HTML.

    Supporting Browsers

    Element chrome browser Chrome ie browser IE firefox browser Firefox opera browser Opera safari browser Safari
    Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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