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HTMLTableElement: tHead property

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The tHead property of the HTMLTableElement interface represents the first <thead> element child of the given <table>, or null if no such element exists.

Value

An HTMLTableSectionElement (which is always a thead) or null.

This property can be assigned, which causes the existing first <thead> element child, if any, to be removed, and the given value, if it is not null, to be inserted immediately before the first element child that's neither a <caption> nor a <colgroup>, or as the last child if there is no such element. Therefore, setting null has the same effect as calling deleteTHead(). If the assigned value is not an HTMLTableSectionElement or null, a TypeError is thrown; otherwise, if it is not a <thead> element or null, a HierarchyRequestError DOMException is thrown.

Examples

js
if (table.tHead) {
  // Do something with the thead
}

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-table-thead-dev

Browser compatibility

See also

  • HTMLTableElement.caption
  • HTMLTableElement.tBodies
  • HTMLTableElement.tFoot
  • HTMLTableElement.createTHead()
  • HTMLTableElement.deleteTHead()

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