HTML 5 th Tag, Definition of <th> tag in html5


 

HTML 5 th Tag, Definition of <th> tag in html5

In this discussion, We will introduce about the use of <th> tag in html5.

In this discussion, We will introduce about the use of <th> tag in html5.

HTML 5 th Tag, Definition of <th> tag in html5

In this discussion, We will introduce about the use of <th> tag in html5. This <th> tag is used for defining the table headers of cells or columns in a table. The<th> tag is used within the <tr> tag and <tr> is nested in <table> tag. This tag must have opening and closing tags. The header will shown in bold font style in the html table.

Declaration Syntax:

The declaration of this tag is as:

<th> Column Header </th>

This tag have four specific attributes are as following:

colspan="value"  The value of this attribute specify the no of columns to be spanned and must be a non negative integer.

rowspan="value"  The value of this attribute specify the no of rows to be spanned and must be a non negative integer.

headers="value"   The value of this attribute specify space saprated list of header for <th> element .

scope="value"     The value of this attribute specify that the which cells use <th> header information. The values are as:

                                row, col, rowgroup, colgroup etc.

 

Example: th_tag.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Example of th tag</title>
</head>
  <body>Example of th tag.<p>
    <table border="1">
                  <tr>
                        <th>NAME</th>
                        <th>Sr. name</th>
                 </tr>
                <tr>
                       <td> Gyan</td>
                       <td>  Singh</td>
                </tr>
               <tr>
                      <td> Ankit</td>
                      <td> Kumar</td>
               </tr>
     </table>
  </body> 
</html>

Output:

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Difference between html4.01 and html5.

Most of the html4.01 attributes are not supported by html5.

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