Add Headers Cells with th element
Description
The th
element marks a header cell,
allowing us to differentiate between data and its descriptions.
th
element's parent is tr
element.
It has local Attributes:colspan, rowspan, scope, headers
.
The abbr, axis, align, width, char, charoff,
valign, bgcolor, height,
and nowrap
attributes are obsolete,
and you must use CSS instead.
Example
The following code adds header cells to a table.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Rank</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Color</th>
<th>Size</th>
</tr><!--from ww w . j a v a2 s. c o m-->
<tr>
<th>Favorite:</th>
<td>Apples</td>
<td>Green</td>
<td>Medium</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>2nd Favorite:</th>
<td>Oranges</td>
<td>Orange</td>
<td>Large</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>3rd Favorite:</th>
<td>Pomegranate</td>
<td>A kind of greeny-red</td>
<td>Varies from medium to large</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
The th
and td
elements are mixed together in a row.
It adds vertical header and row header to the table.