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<tbody> (Table Body)

This element is used to group the rows within the body of a table so that common alignment and style defaults can easily be set for numerous cells.

Standard Syntax

Attributes Defined by Internet Explorer

accesskey="key" (5.5)
bgcolor="color name | #RRGGBB" (4)
hidefocus="true | false" (5.5)
language="javascript | jscript | vbs | vbscript" (4)
tabindex="number" (5.5)
unselectable="on | off" (5.5)

Standard Event Attributes

onclick, ondblclick, onkeydown, onkeypress, onkeyup, onmousedown, onmousemove, onmouseout, onmouseover, onmouseup

Events Defined by Internet Explorer

onactivate, onbeforeactivate, onbeforecut, onbeforedeactivate, onbeforepaste, onblur, oncontextmenu, oncontrolselect, oncopy, oncut, ondeactivate, ondrag, ondragend, ondragenter, ondragleave, ondragover, ondragstart, ondrop, onfocus, onfocusin, onfocusout, onhelp, onlosecapture, onmouseenter, onmouseleave, onmousewheel, onmove, onmoveend, onmovestart, onpaste, onpropertychange, onreadystatechange, onresize, onresizeend, onresizestart, onselectstart, ontimeerror

Element Specific Attributes

align

This attribute is used to align the contents of the cells within the <tbody> element. Common values are center, justify, left, and right. The HTML 4.01 specification also defines a value of char. When align is set to char, the attribute char must be present and set to the character to which cells should be aligned. A common use of this approach would be to set cells to align on a decimal point.

bgcolor

This attribute specifies a background color for the cells within the <tbody> element. Its value can be either a named color, such as red, or a color specified in the hexadecimal #RRGGBB format, such as #FF0000.

char

This attribute is used to define the character to which element contents are aligned when the align attribute is set to the char value.

charoff

This attribute contains an offset as a positive or negative integer to align characters as related to the char value. A value of 2, for example, would align characters in a cell two characters to the right of the character defined by the char attribute.

valign

This attribute is used to set the vertical alignment for the table cells with the <tbody> element. HTML 4.01 defines baseline, bottom, middle, and top. Internet Explorer replaces middle with center; the effect should be the same.

Example

<table rule="all" bgcolor="yellow">

<tbody align="center" bgcolor="red" style="bodystyle"
  valign="baseline">
  <tr>
<td></td>
<th>Regular Widget</th>
<th>Super Widget</th>
  </tr>

  <tr>
<th>West Coast</th>
<td>10</td>
<td>12</td>
  </tr>

  <tr>
<th>East Coast</th>
<td>1</td>
<td>20</td>
  </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Compatibility

HTML 4, 4.01, XHTML 1.0, 1.1
Internet Explorer 4, 5, 5.5, 6
Netscape 6, 7
Opera 5-7

Notes

This element is contained by the <table> element and contains one or more table rows as indicated by the <tr> element.

For XHTML compatibility, the closing </tbody> tag must be used with this element.