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# HTML <th> tag

## Function:

The HTML &ld;th> tag is used for specifying a header cell or table header within a table.

## Difference between HTML and XHTML:

The bgcolor, height, width, nowrap attributes are deprecated in HTML as well in XHTML.

## Example:

    <table width="100%" border = "1">
    <tr>
    <th>Tag</th>
    <th>Description</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>th</td>
    <td>Specifies a table header</td>
    </tr>
    </table>

This will produce following result:

Tag | Description
--- | ---
th | Specifies a table header

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## Attributes:

Attribute | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
abbr | abbreviated_text | Specifies an abbreviated version of the content in a cell.
align | right left center justify char | Visual alignment.
axis | name | Specifies a category for this td. This can potentially be used to perform queries against the table data and can be beneficial in the context of a speech browser.
bgcolor | rgb(x,x,x) #hexcode colorname | Deprecated - Specifies the background color of the table cell.
char | character | Specifies which character to align text on. Used when align="char"
charoff | pixels or % | Specifies an alignment offset (either in pixels or percentage value) against the first character as specified with the char attribute. Used when align="char"
colspan | number | Specifies the number of columns the current cell spans across.
header | id | Specifies a space-separated list of header cells that contain information about this cell. The value needs to correspond with the id of the header cell (which is set using the id attribute). This attribute is useful for non-visual browsers.
height | pixels | Deprecated - Specifies the height of the table cell
nowrap | nowrap | Deprecated - Prevents text from automatically wrapping.
rowspan | number | Specifies the number of rows the current cell spans across.
scope | col colgroup row rowgroup | This attribute is used on header cells and specifies the cells that will use this header's information.
valign | top middle bottom baseline | Vertical alignment.
width | pixels or % | Specifies the width of the table cell

## Standard Attributes:

Attribute | Description
--- | ---
class | Document wide identifier
dir | Specifies the direction of the text
id | Document wide identifier
title | Specifies a title to associate with the element.
style | Helps to include inline casecadubf style sheet.
lang | Sets the language code.
xml:lang | Sets the language code.

## Event Attributes:

Attribute | Description
--- | ---
onclick | Script runs when a mouse click
ondblclick | Script runs when a mouse double-click
onmousedown | Script runs when mouse button is pressed
onmouseup | Script runs when mouse button is released
onmouseover | Script runs when mouse pointer moves over an element
onmousemove | Script runs when mouse pointer moves
onmouseout | Script runs when mouse pointer moves out of an element
onkeypress | Script runs when key is pressed and released
onkeydown | Script runs when key is pressed
onkeyup | Script runs when key is released

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