The title attribute on a <table> tag adds a tooltip with title text to the table.
Hovering the mouse over the table will display the tooltip.
A title attribute on a <table> element.
Hover over the table to see the tooltip.
| First name | Last name |
|---|---|
| Denice | Hobermann |
| Paulo | Cornell |
| Jane | Hollander |
<style>
table.tb { border-collapse: collapse; width:300px; }
.tb th, .tb td { padding: 5px; border: solid 1px #777; }
.tb th { background-color: lightblue;}
</style>
<table class="tb" title="Customer List">
<tr>
<th>First name</th>
<th>Last name</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Denice</td>
<td>Hobermann</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Paulo</td>
<td>Cornell</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jane</td>
<td>Hollander</td>
</tr>
</table>
The title attribute is placed in the <table> opening tag.
The value can be any string. Hover over the table and a tooltip appears.
The title attributes attaches additional information to the <table> element.
The title value displays as a tooltip.
The tooltip displays when the table element is hovered.
<table title="value">
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| value | A string value. A title can span multiple lines by including newline or carriage-return characters: or 
. |
Here is when title support started for each browser:
 Chrome
|
1.0 | Sep 2008 |
 Firefox
|
1.0 | Sep 2002 |
 IE/Edge
|
1.0 | Aug 1995 |
 Opera
|
1.0 | Jan 2006 |
 Safari
|
1.0 | Jan 2003 |
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