thead

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

Example

See table.

Contains

Doctype	Content model
ditabase, topic, task, reference, concept, glossary, map, bookmap	( ( row) (one or more) )

Contained by

Doctype	Parents
bookmap, map, ditabase, topic, task, concept, reference, glossary	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). -dita-use-conref-target See Using the -dita-use-conref-target value for more information.	(top \| bottom \| middle \| -dita-use-conref-target)	#IMPLIED	No
%univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;)	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

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