HTML - <tfoot> Tag

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Introduction to <tfoot> Tag

The HTML <tfoot> tag is used to define the footer section for a table. It is used to summarize data or provide additional information about the content of the table. It is the part of the table structure and works alongside <thead> and <tbody>.

The main advantage of using the <tfoot> tag is that it allows the browsers to render the footer before loading the table body, which can improve the accessibility when dealing with the large datasets.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of HTML <tfoot> tag −

<tfoot>...</tfoot>

Attributes

HTML <tfoot> tag supports Global and Event attributes of HTML. Below 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 Footer

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

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   <table border="1">
   <thead>
      <tr>
         <th>Students</th>
         <th>English Marks</th>
         <th>Hindi Marks</th>
      </tr>
   </thead>
   <tfoot>
      <tr>
         <th colspan="3">Juliet - the best Performer!</th>
      </tr>
   </tfoot>
   <tbody>
      <tr>
         <td>John</td>
         <td>28</td>
         <td>25</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Peterson</td>
         <td>25</td>
         <td>25</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Juliet</td>
         <td>29</td>
         <td>29</td>
      </tr>
   </tbody>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Example : Applying CSS

Consider the following example, where we are going to apply the CSS to the <tfoot> tag separately.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <style>
      tfoot {
         background-color: #3f87a6;
      }
   </style>
<body>
   <table border="1">
      <thead>
         <tr>
            <th>Items</th>
            <th>Price</th>
         </tr>
      </thead>
   <tfoot>
      <tr>
         <th>Total</th>
         <th>75</th>
      </tr>
   </tfoot>
   <tbody>
      <tr>
         <td>5-Star</td>
         <td>10</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Dairy-Milk</td>
         <td>45</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>KitKat</td>
         <td>20</td>
      </tr>
   </tbody>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Example : Using for Additional Text

In the following example, we are going to use the <tfoot> tag to providing the additional content about the data in the table.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<table border="1">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Student</th>
      <th>GradePoints</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tfoot>
    <tr>
      <td colspan="2">*Grades are out of 10</td>
    </tr>
  </tfoot>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Suresh</td>
      <td>8</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Ramesh</td>
      <td>9</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Supported Browsers

Tag
tfoot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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