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HTML HTML Tables HTML Tables

Posted by Gary Buckingham
Gary Buckingham
2,343 Points

Hey Guys Im adding a table header tag to my challenge and its returning error.

Hey Guys Im adding a table header tag to my challenge and its returning error. Please could you check to see if my code is correct? Im sure it is? Thanks

<table> <th></th> <td>Fruit</td> <td>Vegetables</td>

</table>

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>HTML Tables Challenge</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>HTML Tables Challenge</h1>

    <table>
      <th></th>
      <td>Fruit</td>
      <td>Vegetables</td>

    </table>


  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

tootiemcflow
tootiemcflow
5,601 Points
tootiemcflow
tootiemcflow
5,601 Points

Hey Gary Buckingham, instead of the th element, try thead (table header) element. The th (table heading cell) should be nested within tr (table row). Which should also be nested inside the thead element.

<table>

  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Heading</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>

</table>
Gary Buckingham
Gary Buckingham
2,343 Points
Gary Buckingham
Gary Buckingham
2,343 Points

All done!! Thanks alot guys I managed to work it out myself! Loving this course "you guys ROCK" \m/