HTMLTableCellElement: abbr property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
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
Value
A string.
Examples
This 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>
JavaScript
const rows = document.querySelectorAll("thead tr");
const cells = rows[0].cells;
for (const cell of cells) {
cell.textContent = `${cell.textContent} (${cell.abbr})`;
}
Results
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML # dom-th-abbr |
Browser compatibility
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