TH

Description

Draw a row or column heading in a table.

Syntax

<TH
ALIGN=CENTER | LEFT | RIGHT
BACKGROUND=url
BGCOLOR=color
BORDERCOLOR=color
BORDERCOLORDARK=color
BORDERCOLORLIGHT=color
CLASS=classname
COLSPAN=n
ID=value
LANG=language
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS
NOWRAP
ROWSPAN=n
STYLE=css1-properties
TITLE=text
VALIGN=BASELINE | BOTTOM | MIDDLE | TOP
event = script
>

Parameter

Description

ALIGN

This attribute controls whether text inside the table header is aligned to the left, right or centred within the cell.

BACKGROUND

Specifies a background picture for the table. The picture is tiled behind the text and graphics in the table, table head, or table cell.

BGCOLOR

Sets the background color behind the element.

BORDERCOLOR

Sets border color and must be used with the BORDER attribute, except for frames.

BORDERCOLORDARK

Sets independently, the darker colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional header cell border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORLIGHT. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet.

BORDERCOLORLIGHT

Sets independently, the lighter colour to be displayed on a 3-dimensional header cell border. It is the opposite of BORDERCOLORDARK. Any of the pre-defined colour names can be used, as well as any colour defined by a rrggbb hex triplet.

CLASS

Specifies the class of the tag being defined. This is used to associate a sub-classed style sheet with the tag.

COLSPAN

Specifies how many columns in the TABLE this cell should span.

ID

An SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid ID values must begin with a letter. The underbar character, "_", may be used in the ID name. The ID should be unique throughout the scope of the document. If more than one object with the same identifier exists in a document, a collection of those named items is created that can only be referenced by ordinal position.

LANG

Species what language the <TH> element is using.

LANGUAGE

Specifies the language the current script is written in and invokes the proper scripting engine. The default value is JAVASCRIPT.
JAVASCRIPT, JSCRIPT --The scripting language is written in JavaScript.
VBS, VBSCRIPT --The scripting language is written in VBScript.

NOWRAP

The NOWRAP attribute is used when you do not want the browser to automatically perform word wrap.

ROWSPAN

Specifies how many rows in a TABLE this cell should span.

STYLE

Specifies an in-line style sheet for the tag.

TITLE

Used to provide advisory information. The contents of the title attribute will be displayed in a ToolTip during the onmouseover event.

VALIGN

BOTTOM | CENTER | TOP--Displays the elements aligned at the top or bottom within the element.
BASELINE --Vertical align to the baseline of the font.
BOTTOM--Vertical align to the bottom of the element.
MIDDLE-- Vertical align to the middle of the element.
TOP-- Vertical align to the top of the element.

event

Can be one or more of these events:
onclick
ondblclick
ondragstart
onhelp
onkeydown
onkeypress
onkeyup
onmousedown
onmousemove
onmouseout
onmouseover
onmouseup
onscroll
onselectstart

Example

<TH> ... </TH>

Remarks

This element is a block element. Both the start and end tags are required.

Related Topics

TD, TR