Name
thead — HTML 4.01 | HTML5
Synopsis
<thead> . . . </thead>
Defines the head of the table. The thead element is one of the “row group”
elements. It may be used to duplicate headers when the full table is
broken over pages or for a static header that appears with a scrolling
table body. It must contain at least one row (tr).
Notes
In HTML5, the thead element
may not contain td elements.
Start/End Tags
HTML 4.01: Required/Optional; XHTML: Required/Required; HTML5: Optional/Optional
Attributes
Same as tbody.
Example
See table.
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