HTML <tbody> tag

Function:

The HTML <tbody> tag is used adding a body to a table. The tbody tag is used in conjunction with the thead tag and the tfoot tag in determining each part of the table (header, footer, body).

Difference between HTML and XHTML:

NONE

Example:

<table border="1" width="100%">
<thead>
<tr>
<td colspan="4">This is the head of the table</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td colspan="4">This is the foot of the table</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1</td>
<td>Cell 2</td>
<td>Cell 3</td>
<td>Cell 4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
...more rows here containing four cells...
</tr>
</tbody>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1</td>
<td>Cell 2</td>
<td>Cell 3</td>
<td>Cell 4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
...more rows here containing four cells...
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

This will produce following result:

...more rows here containing four cells... ...more rows here containing four cells...

This is the head of the table
This is the foot of the table
Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 4
Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3	Cell 4

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Attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
align	right left center justify char	Visual alignment.
char	character	Specifies which character to align text on. Used when align="char"
charoff	pixels or %	Specifies an alignment offset (either in pixels or percentage value) against the first character as specified with the char attribute. Used when align="char"
valign	top middle bottom baseline	Vertical alignment.

Standard Attributes:

Attribute	Description
class	Document wide identifier
dir	Specifies the direction of the text
id	Document wide identifier
title	Specifies a title to associate with the element.
style	Helps to include inline casecadubf style sheet.
lang	Sets the language code.
xml:lang	Sets the language code.

Event Attributes:

Attribute	Description
onclick	Script runs when a mouse click
ondblclick	Script runs when a mouse double-click
onmousedown	Script runs when mouse button is pressed
onmouseup	Script runs when mouse button is released
onmouseover	Script runs when mouse pointer moves over an element
onmousemove	Script runs when mouse pointer moves
onmouseout	Script runs when mouse pointer moves out of an element
onkeypress	Script runs when key is pressed and released
onkeydown	Script runs when key is pressed
onkeyup	Script runs when key is released