DevGuru HTML Tag: thead

TAG: thead

<thead> ... </thead>
Available in versions: 4.0
Browser compatibility: Explorer 4, 5 Netscape 6

The <thead> tag is one of three new version 4.0 tags that divide a table into three distinct sections.

The tbody tag defines the body portion where the data is displayed, the thead tag defines the header section, and the tfoot tag defines the footnote section of the table. The purpose of this division is to allow scrolling through the body of a large table while both the header and footnote portions remain visible and fixed in place.

Unfortunately, no browser truly implements these three new tags.

The closing tag is optional. However, it is recommended that it always be included.

Core Attributes

class dir id lang onclick ondblclick onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup style title

Attributes

align
The align attribute is used to set the horizontal alignment of the cell contents for all of the cells in a single row. The five permitted values are center, char, justify, left, and right.

char
The char attribute permits you to select a character that will be used to align the contents of all of the rows in a cell. This was designed to allow the decimal points in a column of numbers to be in vertical alignment. The default value is country dependent. In the U.S., it is the first occurrence of a period or a decimal point.

charoff
The charoff attribute is an integer used to specify if the value designated in the char attribute is to be the first, second, or whatever occurrence.

valign
The valign attribute is used to set the vertical alignment of the cell contents for all of the cells in a single row. The possible values are baseline, bottom, middle, and top.

Note the the correct order for using these tags is thead, then tfoot, and last tbody.

Code:
<table border="1">
<caption>
<center>
<b>TABLE</b>
<br>
thead, tfoot & tbody
</center>
</caption>
<thead>
<tr><th>Header 1</th><th>Header 2</th></tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr><td colspan="2">footnote</td></tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr><td>data cell 1</td><td>data cell 2</td><tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Output:

**TABLE**
thead, tfoot & tbody
Header 1	Header 2
footnote
data cell 1	data cell 2