thead

The table header (<thead>) element precedes the table body (<tbody>) element in a complex table.

Contains

( (row) (one or more) )

Contained by

tgroup

Inheritance

topic/thead

Attributes

Name Description Data Type Default Value Required?
valign Indicates the vertical alignment of text in a table entry (cell). Allowable values are:
top
Align the text to the top of the table entry (cell).
bottom
Align the text to the bottom of the table entry (cell).
middle
Align the text to the middle of the table entry (cell).
(top | bottom | middle) "top" No
%univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, translate, xml:lang) A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts; parameter entity PE not applicable Not applicable
%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc) A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts; parameter entity PE not applicable Not applicable
class, outputclass Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes

Example

See table.

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