<THEAD> TAG

The <THEAD> element is a new tag used in HTML.It is used to group header rows that define the tables header.This tag should appear inside the <table> tag. It is useful in case of large tables that span across multiple pages in a document.The table header defined by the <Thead> tag will appear on each page of the document where the table is displayed.

There can be only one <THEAD> element in a table which must follow the main Table command.

The following example explains the use of <THEAD> element.

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Use of Table Header</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE Border="1">
<THEAD Bgcolor="lightgreen">
<TR>
<TD>First cell </TD>
<TD>Second cell </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>

You can specify the desired settings to the multiple table header rows through various attributes defined in <THEAD> tag are:

Align-This attribute sets the horizontal alignment of cells in the header. The possible values are left, center, right, and justify.

Valign-It sets the vertical alignment of cells in the header. It can have values as top, middle, bottom, or baseline.

Char-The char attribute specifies a character to which the content in the table header will be aligned.

Bgcolor-It sets the background colour of the cells in the header, given as the name of the colour, the RGB value, or the hexadecimal code.


<TFOOT> TAG

The <TFOOT> tag defines a group of footer rows in a table. A table footer provides footnotes or a summary row that appears at the bottom of a table. The basic tag is written like this: <TFOOT>...</TFOOT> with the table foot elements nested between the opening and closing tags. A table can have only one <TFOOT> tag, which must appear after the <Thead> and


THead Tag
Type:
Container tag
Function:
To group header rows
Syntax:
<Thead>...</Thead>
Used within tags:
Table


TFoot Tag
Type:
Container tag
Function:
To group Footer rows
Syntax:
<TFoot>...</TFoot>
Used within tags:
<Table>


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