HTML < thead > Tag

Example

An HTML table with a thead, tfoot, and a tbody element:
<table border="1">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Month</th>
      <th>Savings</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tfoot>
    <tr>
      <td>Sum</td>
      <td>$180</td>
    </tr>
  </tfoot>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>January</td>
      <td>$100</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>February</td>
      <td>$80</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Definition and Usage

The <thead> tag is used to group the header content in an HTML table.

The thead element should be used in conjunction with the tbody and tfoot elements.

The tbody element is used to group the body content in an HTML table and the tfoot element is used to group the footer content in an HTML table.

Note: <tfoot> must appear before <tbody> within a table, so that a browser can render the foot before receiving all the rows of data.

Notice that these elements will not affect the layout of the table by default. However, you can use CSS to let these elements affect the table's layout.

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Browser Support

The <thead> tag is only partially supported in all major browsers.

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Differences Between HTML and XHTML

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Optional Attributes

DTD indicates in which HTML 4.01/XHTML 1.0 DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
align	right left center justify char	Aligns the content inside the thead element	STF
char	character	Aligns the content inside the thead element to a character	STF
charoff	number	Sets the number of characters the content inside the thead element will be aligned from the character specified by the char attribute	STF
valign	top middle bottom baseline	Vertical aligns the content inside the thead element	STF

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Standard Attributes

The <thead> tag supports the following standard attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
class	classname	Specifies a classname for an element	STF
dir	rtl ltr	Specifies the text direction for the content in an element	STF
id	id	Specifies a unique id for an element	STF
lang	language_code	Specifies a language code for the content in an element	STF
style	style_definition	Specifies an inline style for an element	STF
title	text	Specifies extra information about an element	STF
xml:lang	language_code	Specifies a language code for the content in an element, in XHTML documents	STF

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Event Attributes

The <thead> tag supports the following event attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
onclick	script	Script to be run on a mouse click	STF
ondblclick	script	Script to be run on a mouse double-click	STF
onmousedown	script	Script to be run when mouse button is pressed	STF
onmousemove	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves	STF
onmouseout	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves out of an element	STF
onmouseover	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves over an element	STF
onmouseup	script	Script to be run when mouse button is released	STF
onkeydown	script	Script to be run when a key is pressed	STF
onkeypress	script	Script to be run when a key is pressed and released	STF
onkeyup	script	Script to be run when a key is released	STF