<TH></TH>

Defines a table header cell

Element used to define table header cells.

	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Page with a table</title>
	</head>
	<body>
	  .
	  .
	<table border=3 cellspacing=2 cellpadding=2 width="80%">
	<caption>Sample Table</caption>
==>>	<tr><th>Column One<th>Column Two<th>Column Three
	<tr><td>Cell One<td>Cell Two<td>Cell Three
	<tr><td>Cell 1 on row 2<td>Cell 2 on row 2<td>Cell 3 on row 2
	</table>
	  .
	  .
	</body>
	</html>

HTML 3.2 Final

Table header tags can have the following attributes:

nowrap: You can use this attribute if you don't want any line breaks in your text.
rowspan: Put this attribute in if you want the cell to to go down more than one row. If you don't put anything in the browser just assumes 1 row.
colspan: Put this attribute in if you want the cell to go across more than one column. Of course it defaults to one if you put nothing.
align: You can tell the browser to align your cell contents on the left, in the center or on the right. This would override any align attribute you might have put in the tr tag. If you don't put in anything the browser defaults to center.
valign: Use this attribute to set the vertical alignment of your cell contents. You can use top, middle or bottom. This attribute overrides the value you may have put on the tr element.
width: Put this in to "suggest" a width for the cell, in pixels. It doesn't count the cellpadding number. The browser uses this number unless it's too small for any of the other cells in the column.
height: Put this in to "suggest a height for the cell, in pixels. It doesn't count the cellpadding number. The browser uses this number unless it's too small for any of the other cells in the row.

You can nest tables, also, so you can end up with some fairly complex designs.

Netscape

Nothing more to add.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Nothing to add.

Internationalization

Nothing special.

Michael T. Rusk
Comments to author: mike@ruskfamily.com

Revised: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:06 -0500
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