Baseline Widely available
The abbr
property of the HTMLTableCellElement
interface indicates an abbreviation associated with the cell. If the cell does not represent a header cell <th>
, it is ignored.
It reflects the abbr
attribute of the <th>
element.
Note: This property doesn't have a visual effect in browsers. It adds information to help assistive technology like screen readers that can use this abbreviation
ValueA string.
ExamplesThis example adds prefixes with the abbreviation associated with the row header of each first cell.
HTML<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th abbr="Maker">Manufacturer</th>
<th abbr="Model">Car model</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Tesla</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>BYD</td>
<td>Dolphin</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VW</td>
<td>ID.3</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
}
th,
td,
table {
border: 1px solid black;
}
button {
margin: 1em 1em 1em 0;
}
JavaScript
const rows = document.querySelectorAll("thead tr");
const cells = rows[0].cells;
for (const cell of cells) {
cell.textContent = `${cell.textContent} (${cell.abbr})`;
}
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