thead

Summary

The thead element (<thead>) identifies header rows at the top of a table, usually containing column labels. It may contain one or more rows of <th> or <td> cells.

Overview Table

DOM Interface: HTMLTableSectionElement

Examples

The following code example uses the thead' element and the table, tbody, td, and tr elements to create a table that includes the first row in the table header and the second row in the table body.

<table>
<thead>
  <tr>
    <th scope="col">Player</th>
    <th scope="col">Position</th>
  </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
  <tr>
    <td>James, Lebron</td>
    <td>SF</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Wade, Dwayne</td>
    <td>SG</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Bosh, Chris</td>
    <td>PF</td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Notes

Remarks

Valid tags within the THEAD element include:

td * chances are should be a th not a td, and scope of column
th
tr

You can specify only one thead object specified for any given table object. The table object and its associated elements have a separate table object model, which uses different methods than the general object model.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification, Section 1.6.5
HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 11.2.3

Related specifications

HTML 5.1: W3C Working Draft

HTML 5: W3C Recommendation

HTML 4.01: W3C Recommendation

Attributions

Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]