HTML <tbody> tag
HTML <tbody> tag is used to group the table rows (<tr>) together, which indicates that this is body part of a table (<table>).
The <tbody> tag must be a child of <table> element.
The <tbody> is used along with <thead> and <tfoot> which shows the different part of the table that are table head, table body, and table footer, however, it does not affect the layout of the table.
These elements can be used for providing semantic information which can be helpful in accessibility purpose, or rendering the header at top and footer at the bottom while printing a large table.
Tips: The <tbody> tag must contain one or more <tr> elements.
Syntax
Following are some specifications about the HTML <tbody> tag
Display | Inline |
Start tag/End tag | Both Start and End tag |
Usage | Table body |
Example
Output:
Attribute:
Tag-specific attributes:
Attribute | Value | Description |
---|---|---|
align | right left center justify char | It determines the alignment of the content inside the <tbody> element. (Not Supported in HTML5) |
char | character | It specifies the alignment of the <tbody> content to the character. (Not Supported in HTML5) |
charoff | Number | It specifies the number of characters the content will be aligned from the character specified by the char attribute. (Not Supported in HTML5) |
valign | top middle bottom baseline | It determines the vertical alignment of the content inside the <tbody> element. (Not Supported in HTML5) |
Global attribute:
The <tbody> tag supports the Global attributes in HTML.
Event attribute:
The <tbody> tag supports the Event attributes in HTML.
Supporting Browsers
Element | Chrome | IE | Firefox | Opera | Safari |
<tbody> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |