This template provides the table cell definitions for a table row header cell spanning up to seven columns. This is used to separate entries within a single table into groups, typically for a single year in a multi-year table.

For example:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ [caption text]
|-
! scope="col" | [column header 1]
! scope="col" | [column header 2]
! scope="col" | [column header 3]
|-
! {{year header}} | [[2012 in movies|2012]]
|-
! scope="row" | [row header]
| [normal cell] || [normal cell]
|-
! scope="row" | [row header]
| [normal cell] || [normal cell]
|-
! {{year header}} | [[2013 in movies|2013]]
|-
! scope="row" | [row header]
| [normal cell] || [normal cell]
|-
! scope="row" | [row header]
| [normal cell] || [normal cell]
|}

produces:

[caption text]
[column header 1] [column header 2] [column header 3]
2012
[row header] [normal cell] [normal cell]
[row header] [normal cell] [normal cell]
2013
[row header] [normal cell] [normal cell]
[row header] [normal cell] [normal cell]