HTML <thead> Tag
Description
The <thead>
HTML element is intended to store one or more rows that are presented at the top of the table. It is permissible to use no more than one <thead>
element within the same table, and it must go in the source code immediately after the opening <table>
or <caption>
tag (if any).
Properties
- Permitted Parents
- A
<table>
element. The<thead>
must appear after any<caption>
or<colgroup>
element, even implicitly defined, but before any<tbody>
,<tfoot>
and<tr>
element - Content
<tr>
- Start/End Tags
- Start tag: required, End tag: required
Example
<table border = "1">
<thead>
<tr><td colspan="2">Table Header (thead)</td></tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr><td colspan="2">Table Footer (tfoot)</td></tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1</td>
<td>Cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 3</td>
<td>Cell 4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 5</td>
<td>Cell 6</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Attributes
Attribute | Definition |
---|---|
align | Visual alignment. Possible values:
|
valign | Vertical alignment. Possible values:
|
char | Specifies a character to use for aligning text to. Used when align=char. |
charoff | Specifies an alignment offset (either in pixels or percentage value) against the first character as specified with the char attribute. Used when align=char |
Global Attributes
The <thead>
tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5
Event Attributes
The <thead>
tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5
Browser Support
Desktop | |||||
Yes | Yes | 1 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
Tablets / Mobile | |||||
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Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Last updated by CSSPortal on: 6th December 2019
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