Description

The <tbody> (short for table body) element defines a table's body. It is used to group a set of rows defining the main body of the table data. It must appears as a child of a <table> element, after any <caption>, <colgroup> and <thead> elements, and must contain at least one row, defined by the <tr> element.

The following tbody summarizes the usages context and the version history of this tag.

Parent:<table>
Content:<tr>
Start/ End Tag:Start tag: required, End tag: required
Version:HTML 4, 4.01, 5

Syntax

The basic syntax of the <tbody> tag is given with:

HTML/XHTML: <tbody> ... </tbody>

The example below shows the <tbody> tag in action. 

<table>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>1</td>
            <td>John Carter</td>
            <td>johncarter@mail.com</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>2</td>
            <td>Peter Parker</td>
            <td>peterparker@mail.com</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>3</td>
            <td>John Rambo</td>
            <td>johnrambo@mail.com</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Usage Notes

  • Table rows may be grouped into a table head, table foot, and one or more table body sections, using the <thead>, <tfoot> and <tbody> tags, respectively.
  • This division enables the browser to support scrolling of table bodies independently of the table head and foot sections. Also, when long tables are printed that spans multiple pages, the table head and foot information may be printed on each page that contains table data.
  • When present, each <thead>, <tfoot> and <tbody> contains a row group. Each row group must contain at least one row, defined by the <tr> tag.

Tag-Specific Attributes

The following tbody shows the attributes that are specific to the <tbody> tag.

Global Attributes

Like all other HTML tags, the <tbody> tag supports the global attributes in HTML5.

Event Attributes

The <tbody> tag also supports the event attributes in HTML5.

Browser Compatibility

Element
<tbody>YesYesYesYesYes