Tfoot

Table Footer End Tag: Optional Support Key: 2 \| 3 \| 3.2 \| 4 \| *IE3A1* \| M \| N \| O	What is it? Attributes Tag Example	Parent/Content Model Tips & Tricks Browser Peculiarities
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What is it?: This element is part of the Complex Table Model which allows a finer level of control than the Simple Table Model while maintaining backward compatibility with the simpler model. The TFOOT element is part of a trio of table grouping elements that organize a series of Table Rows [TR] into Header [THEAD], Body [TBODY] and Footer [TFOOT] sections.

The THEAD and TFOOT section markers are optional, but one or more TBODY sections are always required. If present, each THEAD, TBODY and TFOOT element must contain one or more TR tag grouping. To allow for backward compatibility with the older Simple Table Model, if no TBODY structures exist in a table, the entire set of row groupings [TR] are assumed to be a single TBODY.

The TFOOT section is used to duplicate footer information when a table must be broken across boundaries (such as printed pages, etc.) or for use as a static footer when TBODY elements are rendered in a scrolling panel. The TFOOT section (along with the THEAD section) is placed before any TBODY sections in the HTML markup to allow browsers to render the header and footer before receiving all of the Table Body [TBODY] data (in case a table must be broken up.)

Common Attributes
%Core%: 2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O
%Events%: 2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O
%Language%: 2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4 | M | N | O
Specific Attributes
Align
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O: Required? No; Description:
This controls the horizontal alignment of text within each of the table cells in the specified grouping.; Values: Left | Center | Right | Justify | Char
BGColor
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O: Required? No; Description:
This attribute sets the background color to be used for the current table section (Tbody.); Values: An RGB triplet or a special Color name
Char
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE | M | N | O: Required? No; Description:
This attribute specifies a character in the cell content to be used to align the data in the current cell. The default value for this attribute is the decimal point character for the current specified language. No handling instructions are given for scenarios with multiple occurrences of the same alignment character on a single line.; Values: A case-sensitive character within the current character set.
Charoff
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE | M | N | O: Required? No; Description:
This attribute specifies the spacing offset to the first occurrence of the alignment character (specified by the CHAR attribute) on each line of the cells within the current cell grouping. The direction of the offset is determined by the current text direction (set with the DIR attribute or the BDO element.) In left-to-right scenarios (default), offset is from the left margin. In right-to-left scenarios, offset is from the right margin.; Values: Integers indicating pixel offset values.
Valign
2 | 3 | 3.2 | 4 | IE4B1 | M | N | O: Required? No; Description:
This controls the vertical alignment of text within each of the table cells in the specified grouping.; Values: Top | Middle | Bottom | Baseline

Example: <table BORDER="2" ALIGN="left" CELLPADDING="5" BORDERCOLOR="#ff0000"
COLS="4" FRAME="vsides" RULES="rows" WIDTH="75%">
<caption ALIGN="top">Juggling Capabilities of Waterfront Performers</caption>
<thead>
      <tr> <th>Juggler</th> <th>Pins</th> <th>Bowling Balls</th> <th>Flaming Baseballs</th> </tr>
</thead>
<tfoot>
      <tr> <th COLSPAN=4>NOTE: This is only a small sample</th> </tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>
      <tr> <td>Bob</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> </tr>
      <tr> <td>Larry</td> <td>2</td> <td>7!!!</td> <td>NA</td> </tr>
      <tr> <td>Julie the Great</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>20<br>(She IS great!)</td> </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

Parent Model: <table>
Content Model: <tr>

Tips & Tricks

The Table model (even the Simple Table Model) is easily the most complex markup structure in HTML. If you have other general questions about this structure see the Table Overview.
Internet Explorer is the only major browser to support this element yet, but this element has been integrated in to HTML 4.0 and increasing acceptance in other browsers in the future is very likely.
Because the Complex Table model is backward compatible with the simple model, it is quite safe to use this. Be sure to preview the result in a browser that only supports the simple model to make sure it conveys information in the way you intend.
The HTML specification says that end tags for THEAD, TBODY and TFOOT elements are not necessary. You SHOULD always use them anyway in order to give your markup better readability and to reduce confusion in case you need to edit your HTML pages by hand.
Make sure that your THEAD element grouping comes before the TBODY in order for it to be downloaded before any of the table TBODY content.
The specification also says that TFOOT should occur before any TBODY groupings. The point has been raised that this organization scheme is not very backward compatible. See more notes in the Browser Peculiarity section below on this issue.

Browser Peculiarities

Internet Explorer requires the THEAD, TBODY and TFOOT sections to exist in order to use the RULES and FRAME attributes of the TABLE element. This is counter to the statement in the specifications for tables that the omission of THEAD, TBODY and TFOOT elements IMPLIES that the table content is all one TBODY section.
Internet Explorer 3.0 requires the TFOOT to follow after the TBODY. Placing it before the TBODY like the specification says in IE 3.0 will not have the desired effect. In such cases the TFOOT will be rendered before the TBODY. Internet Explorer 4.0 allows the TFOOT to exist either before OR after TBODY sections.
Currently, when using only the simple table model the only way to create complex borders for tables is to use nested tables. Nested tables are entirely legal under both the simple table model and the complex model, but no version of Mosaic 2.x supports this feature (all nested table content appears as a solid square and content is lost.)

Table Footer