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HTML Table Headers

HTML Table Headers

Table Headers

Use the TH element to define table headers.

Firstname Jill Eve
Lastname Smith Jackson
Age 50 94

Vertical Table Headers

Vertical Table Headers

The first column becomes table headers if you set the first table cell in each table row to a TH element:

Firstname Jill Eve
Lastname Smith Jackson
Age 50 94

Align Table Headers

Left-align Headers

To left-align the table headers, use the CSS text-align property.

Firstname Lastname Age
Jill Smith 50
Eve Jackson 94

Header for Multiple Columns

A header that spans two columns

Use the colspan attribute to have a header span over multiple columns.

Name Age
Jill Smith 50
Eve Jackson 94

Table Caption

To add a caption to a table, use the caption tag.

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