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HTML HTML Tables Structuring Tables Add the Table Footer Element

Posted by Charles Olaleye
Charles Olaleye
6,594 Points

tfoot

What's wrong with it?

<html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Tables</title> </head> <body>

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">Name</th>
      <th scope="col">Job</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tfoot>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Nick</td>
      <td>Designer</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Andrew</td>
      <td>Developer</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dave</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody> 
  <tr></tr>
  <td></td>

</table>

</body> </html>

3 Answers

Philip Gales
Philip Gales
15,193 Points

You forgot the tfoot itself :)

<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML Tables</title>



<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th scope="col">Name</th>
      <th scope="col">Job</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tfoot>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Nick</td>
      <td>Designer</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Andrew</td>
      <td>Developer</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dave</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody> 
////////////////insert your <tfoot>
  <tr></tr>
  <td></td>
///////////////close your </tfoot>
</table>
Melisa Hamilton
Melisa Hamilton
11,729 Points
Melisa Hamilton
Melisa Hamilton
11,729 Points

You just need to close your tfoot tag. :) Looks good otherwise!

Scott Peake
Scott Peake
17,052 Points
Scott Peake
Scott Peake
17,052 Points

Hey Charles!

First things first, the tfoot opening tag is in an odd place... my feet are at the bottom of my body. And secondly, you have a "dangling" tag... there isn't a closing element.

</thead>
<tfoot> //huh?
<tbody>

Basic syntax would look like this...

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
  <tfoot>
    <tr>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tfoot>
</table>

Keep up the good work!!