How to set horizontal header for a table?

Tables in HTML can have horizontal header and vertical header. For the horizontal header, we need to set all <th> inside a single <tr> tag.

Syntax

Following is the syntax to set horizontal header for a table ?

<tr>
   <th> horizontal header1? </th>
   <th> horizontal header2? </th>
</tr>

Example 1

Now let us see an example program to set horizontal header for a table.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <style>
      table,tr,th,td {
         border:1px solid black;
         padding: 20px;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h2>Tables in HTML</h2>
   <table style="width: 100%">
      <tr>
         <th >First Name </th>
         <th>Job role</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td ></td>
         <td ></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td ></td>
         <td ></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td></td>
         <td></td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

On executing the above program, it will display a table with horizontal headers First Name and Job role.

Example 2

Now, in this second example we are trying to create another example with 3 rows with horizontal headers "Name", "Age" and, "Technology" ?


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      table, th, td {
         border: 1px solid black;
         width: 100px;
         height: 50px;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h1>Employee Details</h1>
   <table>
      <tr>
         <th>Name</th>
         <th>Age</th>
         <th>Technology</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Amit</td>
         <td>27</td>
         <td>Database</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Sachin</td>
         <td>34</td>
         <td>Marketing</td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Following is the output for the above example program.

Example 3

We can also set vertical header for a table. Given below is an example to create vertical header for a table.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <style>
      table,tr,th,td {
         border:1px solid black;
         padding: 20px;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <table style="width: 100%">
      <tr>
         <th>First Name </th>
         <td></td>
         <td></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <th>Last Name</th>
         <td ></td>
         <td></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <th>Job role</th>
         <td ></td>
         <td></td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Following is the output for the above example program.

Updated on: 2022-10-18T10:48:06+05:30

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