Name
thead — A table header consisting of one or more rows in an HTML table
Synopsis
thead (db.html.thead) ::= tr
+
Attribute synopsis
Attributes:
align
(enumeration) = “left” | “center” | “right” | “justify” | “char”char
charoff
(enumeration) =xsd:integer
|xsd:string
(Pattern: “[0–9]+%”)valign
(enumeration) = “top” | “middle” | “bottom” | “baseline”
Description
The thead
wrapper identifies the
row
s of a table that form the head of the table, as
distinct from the body (tbody
) and foot
(tfoot
) rows.
Header rows are always rendered at the beginning of the table.
Processing expectations
This element is expected to obey the semantics described in Tables, as specified in XHTML 1.0 [XHTML]. Header rows are often presented in an alternate typographic style, such as boldface.
In paged media, if a table spans across multiple pages, header rows are printed at the top of each new page.
Attributes
- align
Specifies the alignment of data and the justification of text in a cell.
Enumerated values: “left” Left-flush data/Left-justify text. This is the default value for table data.
“center” Center data/Center-justify text. This is the default value for table headers.
“right” Right-flush data/Right-justify text.
“justify” Double-justify text.
“char” Align text around a specific character. If a user agent doesn’t support character alignment, behavior in the presence of this value is unspecified.
- char
Specifies a single character within a text fragment to act as an axis for alignment. The default value for this attribute is the ...
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