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HTML HTML Tables HTML Tables

Jack Weldon
Jack Weldon
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Posted by Jack Weldon
Jack Weldon
1,708 Points

"Put two header cells in the table row you just created." - What am I doing wrong?

My code is attached, and the question I'm running into troubles with is in the post title. I've got two table data tag brackets within the row I created in the previous question and I've added text to them - But it reads as incorrect for the question. If anyone could point out where I'm making a mistake I would greatly appreciate it!

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

    <!-- Write your code below -->
    <table>
      <thead><tr><td>Heading1</td><td>Heading2</td></tr></thead>

    </table>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! You are sooooo close on this one. You created the table header just fine. You put a table row in it just fine, but then got caught up on the step where you put header cells inside the row. You used the tag <td>, but <td> is used for data cells. The tag you're looking for is <th> for header cells.

So, if I swap out your <td></td> for <th></th>, your code passes with flying colors!

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Jack Weldon
Jack Weldon
1,708 Points
Jack Weldon
Jack Weldon
1,708 Points

Cheers! Noticed the td/th issue when I looked through my notes - got confused thinking thead changed the semantic meaning of td cells to that of th. Thanks for pointing it out ^^