HTML & XHTML Pocket Reference, 4th Edition

Name

th — HTML 4.01 | HTML5

Synopsis

<th> . . . </th>

Defines a table header cell. Table header cells provide important information and context to the table cells in the row or column that they precede. They are an important tool for making the information in tables accessible. In terms of markup, they function the same as table data cells (td).

Start/End Tags

HTML: Required/Optional; XHTML: Required/Required

Attributes

The th element accepts the same attributes as the td element. See listing under td.

Example

<table>
<tr><th>Planet</th><th>Distance from Earth</th></tr>
<tr><td>Venus</td><td>pretty darn far</td></tr>
<tr><td>Neptune</td><td>ridiculously far</td></tr>
</table>