<thead></thead>

<thead> description:

The <thead> element defines the rows that are part of the head of the table.

<thead> Web Browser Support:

• Netscape 6, 7
• Mozilla 1
• Firefox 1
• Internet Explorer 4, 5, 6
• Opera 6, 7, 8
• Safari 1
• HTML 4.0
• XHTML 1.0: XHTML Basic Tables Module, XHTML Tables Module

<thead> Attributes:

• align (optional)
• char (optional)
• charoff (optional)
• class (optional)
• dir (optional)
• id (optional)
• lang (optional)
• onclick (optional)
• ondblclick (optional)
• onkeydown (optional)
• onkeypress (optional)
• onkeyup (optional)
• onmousedown (optional)
• onmousemove (optional)
• onmouseout (optional)
• onmouseover (optional)
• onmouseup (optional)
• style (optional)
• title (optional)
• valign (optional)

<thead> End Tag:

Contents:

Table rows. The following tags are valid within the <thead> tag:
tr

<thead> Valid Context:

The <thead> tag is valid within the following tags:
table

<thead> Usage:

• table with thead

  <table border width="200">
  <thead>
  <tr><td>
  column 1 in the header row
  </td><td>
  column 2 in the header row
  </td></tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
  <tr><td colspan="2">this is the body row</td></tr>
  </tbody>
  </table>

<thead> Special Notes:

• Long tables can be divided into sections to give more definition to the table.

More <thead> Information:

• Table Tags
• HTML Tables Tutorial
• HTML Tables FAQ
• HTML Tables Links
• Tableless Layouts

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