Table tBodies Collection

HTML DOM Table Object

Definition and Usage

tBodies The collection returns all <tbody> elements of the collection.

Comment:The elements in the collection are sorted in the order they appear in the source code.

See also:

HTML Reference Manual:HTML <tbody> Tag

Example

Example 1

Find out how many <tbody> elements are in the table:

var x = document.getElementById("myTable").tBodies.length;

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The result of x will be:

2

Example 2: [index]

Prompt the innerHTML of the first <tbody> element (index 0):

alert(document.getElementById("myTable").tBodies[0].innerHTML;

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Example 3: item(index)

Prompt the innerHTML of the first <tbody> element (index 0):

alert(document.getElementById("myTable").tBodies.item(0).innerHTML);

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Example 4: namedItem(id)

Prompt the innerHTML of the <tbody> element with id="myTBody":

alert(document.getElementById("myTable").tBodies.namedItem("myTBody").innerHTML);

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Syntax

tableObject.tBodies

Property

Property Description
length

Returns the number of <tbody> elements in the collection.

Comment:This property is read-only.

Method

Method Description
[index]

Returns the <tbody> element at the specified index in the collection (starting from 0).

Comment:Returns null if the index is out of range.
item(index)

Returns the <tbody> element at the specified index in the collection (starting from 0).

Comment:Returns null if the index is out of range.
namedItem(id)

returning from the collection with the specified id of the <tbody> element.

Comment:If id Returns null if not present.

Technical Details

DOM Version: Core Level 2 Document Object
Return Value:

HTMLCollection Object, representing all <tbody> elements within the <table> element.

The elements in the collection are sorted in the order they appear in the source code.

Browser Support

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HTML DOM Table Object