KB190281 - DOC: THEAD Tag Fails to Create Static Headings in Scrolling Pane

Article ID: 190281

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

This article was previously published under Q190281

SUMMARY

The documentation in the Internet Client SDK states that THEAD will "freeze" content from a THEAD section of a table when the table is in a scrollable panel. In Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, it does not.

MORE INFORMATION

The following code demonstrates the problem:

   <HTML>
   <HEAD>
   <TITLE>THEAD</TITLE>
   </HEAD>
   <BODY>
   <div style="width:100%; height:80; overflow:auto">
      <table id=tblOuter width=100% border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
      <thead>
         <tr>
            <th>Heading 1</th>
         </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
         <tr>
            <td>Value for Column 1</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Value for Column 1</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Value for Column 1</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Value for Column 1</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Value for Column 1</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Value for Column 1</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Value for Column 1</td>
         </tr>
      </tbody>
      </table>
   </div>
   <p>
   As you scroll, you will see that the heading scrolls along with the
   whole table instead of remaining at the top of the table.
   </BODY>
   </HTML>

REFERENCES

See the following page on the Microsoft Developer Network for more detailed information regarding the use of THEAD:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/thead.asp

THEAD

Description
Defines the table heading. Use THEAD to duplicate headings when breaking tables across page boundaries, or for static headings when body sections are rendered in a scrolling panel. The end tag is optional.

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