Re: TFOOT element

I guess the primary questions is, does it validate?  If so, I don't
see an issue.  If not, you could (key word) throw a browser's
rendering off.  If it doesn't validate, but works for you, I guess
it's really your choice as to whether you can live with the oddity.

Jim

On 3/20/06, Seb Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
> Something I've always wondered, and this seems as good a place as any to ask
> it...
>
> "A TABLE may have one TFOOT, which must follow the optional THEAD and
> precede the required TBODY."
>
> All sites that talk about TFOOT say similar things.
>
> I can see the theory here, it's so if you have a large TBODY then the TFOOT
> will display while the TBODY is still loading.
>
> However, that's of minimal benefit to me, I'm more interested in using TFOOT
> as a semantic markup and an extra style-hook.  Due to the nature of
> server-side code I often find it much more convenient to put the TFOOT after
> the TBODY, rather than before it.  E.g. if you've been adding values up for
> a "totals" row - it's a pain to make the totals row appear before the main
> body of the table.
>
> Is this considered harmful?  All browsers I test in seem fine with it.
>
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