THEAD Element | THEAD Object

Designates rows as the table's header.

HTML Syntax

<THEAD
    ALIGN=CENTER | LEFT | RIGHT
    BGCOLOR=color
    CLASS=classname
    ID=value
    LANG=language
    LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT  | VBS
    STYLE=css1-properties
    TITLE=text
    VALIGN=BASELINE | BOTTOM | CENTER | TOP
    event = script
>

Remarks

Valid tags within the THEAD element include:

TD
TH
TR

The THEAD element is a block element and requires a closing tag.

This element is available in HTML as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 3.0, and in script as of Internet Explorer 4.0.

Members

THEAD Members

Styles

THEAD Styles

Example

This example uses the TFOOT element with the TABLE, TBODY, TD, and TR objects to create a table with the first row in the table header and the second row in the table body.
<TABLE>
<THEAD>
<TR>
<TD>
This text is in the table header.
</TD>
</TR>
</THEAD>
<TBODY>
<TR>
<TD>
This text is in the table body.
</TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>