HTML <th> headersProperty

HTML <th> Tag

Example

Specifies the <th> elements associated with each header cell:

<table>
  <tr>
    <th id="name" colspan="2">Name</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th headers="name">Firsname</th>
    <th headers="name">Lastname</th>
  </tr>
</table>

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Browser Support

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The headers attribute has no visual effect in ordinary Web browsers, but can be used by screen readers.


Definition and Usage

The headers attribute specifies one or more header cells associated with a header cell.


Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The headers attribute is a new attribute of the <th> tag in HTML5.


Syntax

<th headers="header_id">

Property value

Value Description
header_id Specifies a space-separated list of ids of one or more header cells to which the header cell is associated.


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