The HTML5 th Tag
The HTML5 <th> tag is the tool in adding a header to the table that is placed within an HTML document. It has to be noted that there are two types of cells within a table and these are the following:
Header cells—this is the header detail and use of the HTML5 <th> tag is necessary to be able to add this. For header details, these are automatically in bold and placed on the center.
Standard cells—this is the part where the contents of the cell is placed and the use of <td> element allows the author to do this. The font is regular for the standard elements and it is aligned to the left.
There should be no confusion when the HTML5 <th> tag is used within a document because it has the same functions in HTML4.01. Aside from that, the HTML5 <th> tag is also accepted in the primary web browsers like Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Opera. The HTML5 <th> tag is also supportive of the Global Attributes and Event Attributes.
Here are the attributes if the HTML5 <th> tag:
|
Attribute |
Value |
Description |
|
abbr |
text |
It is no longer used and supported in HTML5 |
|
align |
left |
It is no longer used and supported in HTML5 |
|
axis |
category_name |
It is no longer used and supported in HTML5 |
|
char |
character |
It is no longer used and supported in HTML5 |
|
charoff |
number |
It is no longer used and supported in HTML5 |
|
colspan |
number |
It is the key in determining the number of columns that a header cell has to span |
|
headers |
header_id |
It is the key in specifying one or more header cells that a certain cell is related to |
|
height |
pixels |
It is no longer used and supported in HTML5 |
|
nowrap |
nowrap |
It is no longer used and supported in HTML5 |
|
rowspan |
number |
It is the key in determining the number of rows that a header cell has to span |
|
scope |
col |
This enables the author to determine if a header cell is for a certain column, row or group of columns or rows |
|
valign |
top |
It is no longer used and supported in HTML5 |
|
width |
pixels |
It is no longer used and supported in HTML5 |