HTML th tag

HTML th element defines a header cell in the heading section of a table.

<table class="demoTable">
 <caption>The top populated countries</caption>
  <tr>
   <th>Countries</th>
   <th>Population</th>
   <th>Area</th>
   <th>Capital</th>
  </tr>
 
 <tr>
  <td> Philippines </td>
  <td> 104,918,090 </td>
  <td> 300,000 </td>
  <td> Manila </td>
 </tr>
		
 <tr>
  <td> Mexico </td>
  <td> 129,163,276 </td>
  <td> 1,964,375 </td>
  <td> Mexico City </td>
 </tr>
		
</table>
</>

The top populated countries
Countries	Population	Area	Capital
Philippines	104,918,090	300,000	Manila
Mexico	129,163,276	1,964,375	Mexico City

table heading is very necessary because it tells us what kind of data is present in the columns.

A table heading can contain more than one rows and more than one columns.

table headings may have abbreviated form of the headings in the abbr attribute.

Tag omission

End tag (</th>) may be omitted.

Global Attributes

All the global attributes are applicable on the th element.

Global Attributes

All the global attributes are applicable on a element.

Tag Attributes

Attributes that are applicable to <th> tag

colspan: represents more than one columns for one cell.; <table><tr> <th colspan="an integer">....</th> </tr></table>
rowspan: represents more than one rows for one cell.; <table><tr> <th rowspan="an integer">....</th> </tr></table>
abbr: represents alternative text in short or expanded form for the header cell.; <table><tr> <th abbr="HS"> Heading Section </th> </tr></table>

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