HTML <tbody> table body Tag Reference

The <tbody> HTML/xHTML tag

<tbody> is an optional tag, but it’s good practice to include it in all tables, and you should definitely use it if your table has a header or footer, to differentiate the table data from the column headers and footers.  A table may contain more than one <tbody> tag.

When to use the <tbody> tag (semantic use)

The <tbody> tag lies within the <table> tag. If your table contains a header and a footer, then the correct order is <thead> <tfoot> <tbody>

It’s valid in all current versions of HTML and xHTML, and it should always have a closing </tbody> tag.

Example of <tbody> tag use

The <tbody> goes after the first <thead> but also after the <tfoot> tag (which is unusual, but the way it is).