<THEAD>

The THEAD element is a completely optional element which defines the header section of the TABLE element. The table head contains a varying number of TR elements.

This element may be used in combination with the TBODY and TFOOT elements which define a table body and footer information respectively. This element is completely optional.

Attributes

Attribute Description ID Identifies this tag to reference in script (program code) CLASS Define the class used to render this element (defined by a style sheet) TITLE A title that is associated with the element (displayed as a tooltip in Internet Explorer) ALIGN Specifies the default horizontal alignment for all table data (TD) cells found in the THEAD section. VALIGN Specifies the default vertical alignment for all table data (TD) cells found in the THEAD section. STYLE Defines an inline style using cascading style sheet (CSS) information.

Example

<TABLE>
<THEAD>
     <TR><TD> ...header information...</TD></TR>
</THEAD>
<TFOOT>
     <TR><TD> ...footer information...</TD></TR>
</TFOOT>
<TBODY>
     <TR><TD> ...first row of block one data...</TD></TR>
     <TR><TD> ...second row of block one data...</TD></TR>
</TBODY>
<TBODY>
     <TR><TD> ...first row of block two data...</TD></TR>
     <TR><TD> ...second row of block two data...</TD></TR>
     <TR><TD> ...third row of block two data...</TD></TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>

Renders As:

...header information...
...footer information...
...first row of block one data...
...second row of block one data...
...first row of block two data...
...second row of block two data...
...third row of block two data...

Compatibility

HTML 4.01