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HTML HTML Tables Structuring Tables The Table Head and Body Elements

Posted by nicolaspeterson
nicolaspeterson
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Are <thead> and <tbody> purely semantic?

Hi friends. Nick mentioned at the end of the video that the table header/body tags are optional, but "nice to have". Does this mean they mainly serve a semantic purpose? Or are there other reasons we might need to include them, i.e. for styling?

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Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
Treehouse Teacher

Nice question nicolaspeterson ! Yes I believe you are correct here, this is a line pulled right from the MDN page for <tbody>

The <tbody> element, along with its related <thead> and <tfoot> elements, provide useful semantic information that can be used when rendering for either screen or printer.

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