THEAD tag

Table header area definition - <THEAD> - </THEAD>

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Description
Defines an area of a table which contains the Table Header information within the TH tags.

Attributes

Name	Values	Description
align	center\|left\|right\|justify\|char	Alignment
bgcolor	color	Background Colour, using syntax "#rrggbb".
char	string	Specifies the character used to align the text contents of the cell
charoff	string	Specifies the offset to the first occurrence of the character defined in the CHAR attribute
class	classname	Class of the element which is used to associate the element with a style sheet.
dir	ltr\|rtl	The direction in which text flows when surrounded by text which flows in different directions.
event_name	script_code	Defines script to run on event such as OnMouseOver
id	string	A unique name to identify an element.
lang	language_type	The ISO description for the language of the element.
language	javascript\|jscript\|vbscript\|vbs
style	string	Specifies style information for the element.
title	string	Title for element which is often displayed as a tool-tip when the cursor hovers over the element.
valign	baseline\|bottom\|center\|top	Specifies the vertical alignment of the content within the cells

Example

<table border="1">
<thead><th colspan="2">header</th></thead>
<tbody>
    <tr>
        <td colspan="2">this is a double width cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>this is the first cell</td>
        <td>this is the second cell</td>
    </tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>the is the tfoot area</tfoot>
</table>

Will be displayed as :

the is the tfoot area
header

    
        this is a double width cell
    
    
        this is the first cell
        this is the second cell

Compatability

HTML	NETSCAPE				INTERNET EXPLORER
4.1	N2	N3	N4	N6	IE3	IE4	IE5	IE6
YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES

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