HTML DOM TableHeader Object

TableHeader Object

The TableHeader object represents an HTML <th> element.

You can access a <th> element by using getElementById():

var x = document.getElementById("myTh");

Tip: You can also access a <th> element by searching through the cells collection of a table row.

You can create a <th> element by using the document.createElement() method:

var x = document.createElement("TH");

Property	Description
abbr	Sets or returns the value of the abbr attribute
align	Not supported in HTML5. Use style.textAlign instead. Sets or returns the horizontal alignment of the content in a data cell
axis	Not supported in HTML5. Sets or returns a comma-separated list of related data cells
background	Not supported in HTML5. Use style.background instead. Sets or returns the background image of a data cell
bgColor	Not supported in HTML5. Use style.backgroundColor instead. Sets or returns the background color of a table
cellIndex	Returns the position of a cell in the cells collection of a table row
ch	Not supported in HTML5. Sets or returns an alignment character for a data cell
chOff	Not supported in HTML5. Sets or returns the horizontal offset of the ch property
colSpan	Sets or returns the value of the colspan attribute
headers	Sets or returns the value of the headers attribute
height	Not supported in HTML5. Sets or returns the height of a data cell Use style.height instead
noWrap	Not supported in HTML5. Sets or returns whether the content in a cell can be wrapped Use style.whiteSpace instead
rowSpan	Sets or returns the value of the rowspan attribute
vAlign	Not supported in HTML5. Sets or returns the vertical alignment of the content within a cell Use style.verticalAlign instead
width	Not supported in HTML5. Sets or returns the width of a data cell Use style.width instead

The TableHeader object also supports the standard properties and events.

HTML tutorial: HTML Tables

HTML reference: HTML <th> tag