HTML th height attribute

Example

Table header cells with a predefined height:

<table border="1"> <tr> <th height="100px">Month</th> <th height="100px">Savings</th> </tr> <tr> <td>January</td> <td>$100</td> </tr> <tr> <td>February</td> <td>$80</td> </tr> </table>

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Definition and Usage

The height attribute specifies the height of a table header cell.
Normally, a header cell takes up the space it needs to display the content. The height attribute is used to set a predefined height of a header cell.

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Browser Support

The height attribute is deprecated, but still supported in all major browsers.

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Compatibility Notes

The height attribute of the th element was deprecated in HTML 4.01, and is not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.
Use CSS instead.
CSS syntax: <th style="height:100px">

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Syntax

<th height="value">

Attribute Values

Value	Description
pixels	Sets the height in pixels (example: height="50")
%	Sets the height in percent of the surrounding element (example: height="50%")