HTML - <tbody> Tag

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Introduction to <tbody> Tag

The HTML <tbody> tag is used to group the body content of the table. It is useful when a table contains multiple sectios, such as a header (<thead>), body (<tbody>) and footer (<tfoot>).

The <tbody> tag ensures that the table rows (<tr>) containing the main data are semantically seperate from the header and footer rows. By default, the browser assumes all rows belong to <tbody> unless specified otherwise.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of HTML <tbody> tag −

<tbody>
  ...
</tbody>

Attributes

HTML tbody tag supports Global and Event attributes of HTML. Bellow mentioned attributes are deprecated so use CSS properties rather using these attributes.

Attribute	Value	Description
align	left right center justify	Specifies the alignment of text content(Deprecated).
bgcolor	color	Specifies the background color of each column cell(Deprecated).
char	character	Specifies the alignment of the content to a character of each column cell(Deprecated).
charoff	number	Specifies the number of characters to offset the column cell content from the alignment character specified by the char attribute(Deprecated).
valign	baseline bottom middle top	Specifies the vertical alignment of each column cell(Deprecated).

Example : Basic Usage

Let's look at the following example, where we are going to consider the basic usage of the <tbody> tag.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <table border="1">
      <thead>
         <tr>
            <th>ID</th>
            <th>NAME</th>
         </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
         <tr>
            <td>1567</td>
            <td>Maya</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>1566</td>
            <td>Ram </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>1564</td>
            <td>Rahul</td>
         </tr>
      </tbody>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Example : Styling <tbody> Rows

Consider the following example, where we are going to apply the CSS properties to the <tbody> row.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<style>
    th,
    td {
        padding: 9px;
        border: 1.5px solid #DE3163;
    }
    tbody tr:nth-child(odd) {
        background-color: #c39bd3;
    }
</style>
<body>
<table style="width:50%;  border-collapse:collapse;">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Items</th>
            <th>Price</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tfoot>
        <tr>
            <td>Total</td>
            <td>1100</td>
        </tr>
    </tfoot>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Chocolates</td>
            <td>200</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Grocessary</td>
            <td>900</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Example : Aligning Body Content

In the following example, we are going to make the content inside the <tbody> to the center using CSS.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <style>
      table,
      th,
      td {
         border: 1.5px solid #A569BD;
      }
   </style>
<body>
   <table style="width:50%">
      <thead>
         <tr>
            <th>Students</th>
            <th>Marks</th>
         </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody style="text-align:center">
         <tr>
            <td>Maya</td>
            <td>75</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Raj</td>
            <td>76</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Suresh</td>
            <td>77</td>
         </tr>
      </tbody>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Supported Browsers

Tag
tbody	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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