HTML headers attribute

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:39 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

headers

The purpose of the HTML headers attribute is to specify a space-separated list of identifiers for table header cells.

Supported elements

HTML headers attribute supports td and th elements.

Syntax

<ElementName headers="value" >.....</ElementName>

Where ElementName is any supported elements.

Type of value

Identification reference.

Value

A string as an identifier.

Default value

There is no default value of HTML headers attribute.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of HTML headers attribute with td and th

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML headers attribute with td and th</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1" width="100%">
  <tr>
    <th headers="employees">Code</td>
    <th headers="salary">Salary</td>
 
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td headers="code">EM001</td>
    <td headers="salary">$1600.00</td>
  </tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of HTML headers attribute with td and th

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