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

DisplayInline
Start tag/End tagBoth Start and End tag
UsageTable body

Example

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Output:

HTML tbody tag

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

AttributeValueDescription
alignright
left
center
justify
char
It determines the alignment of the content inside the <tbody> element. (Not Supported in HTML5)
charcharacterIt specifies the alignment of the <tbody> content to the character. (Not Supported in HTML5)
charoffNumberIt specifies the number of characters the content will be aligned from the character specified by the char attribute. (Not Supported in HTML5)
valigntop
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

Elementchrome browser Chromeie browser IEfirefox browser Firefoxopera browser Operasafari browser Safari
<tbody>YesYesYesYesYes
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