tiptap/docs/api/nodes/table-header.md

---
description: "Tables don’t require a header, but let’s be honest: It looks better with it."
icon: table-line
---

# TableHeader
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Table headers are optional. But come on, you want them, don’t you? If you don’t want them, update the `content` attribute of the [`TableRow`](/api/nodes/table-row) extension, like this:

```js
// Table rows without table headers
TableRow.extend({
  content: 'tableCell*',
})
```

This is the default, which allows table headers:

```js
// Table rows with table headers (default)
TableRow.extend({
  content: '(tableCell | tableHeader)*',
})
```

## Installation
```bash
# with npm
npm install @tiptap/extension-table @tiptap/extension-table-row @tiptap/extension-table-header @tiptap/extension-table-cell

# with Yarn
yarn add @tiptap/extension-table @tiptap/extension-table-row @tiptap/extension-table-header @tiptap/extension-table-cell
```

This extension requires the [`Table`](/api/nodes/table), [`TableRow`](/api/nodes/table-row) and [`TableCell`](/api/nodes/table-cell) nodes.

## Source code
[packages/extension-table-header/](https://github.com/ueberdosis/tiptap/blob/main/packages/extension-table-header/)

## Usage
<tiptap-demo name="Nodes/Table"></tiptap-demo>