Item5050: TablePlugin: Do not add a thead for each header row

My browser does not like it: the last footer is drawn above the first footer, while the html is in the correct order.

Example:

I think header and footer rows should be grouped inside one thead and one tfoot tag.

-- TWiki:Main.ArthurClemens - 30 Nov 2007

The thead is also causing the misrendering in Item3944.

_Along with tfoot and tbody, thead can be used to group a series of rows. thead can be used just once within a table element and should appear before a tfoot and tbody element. http://www.htmldog.com/reference/htmltags/thead/_

So header rows at the top of the table may be grouped into a thead. But header rows in the middle may not. And headers at the bottom may be grouped into a tfoot.

-- TWiki:Main.ArthurClemens - 02 Dec 2007

Raising priority from low" to "normal" since Item3944 got discarded for this bug item here.

-- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 03 Dec 2007

Moreover: If you use the thead, tfoot and tbody elements, you must use every element. They should appear in this order: <thead>, <tfoot> and <tbody>, so that browsers can render the foot before receiving all the data. You must use these tags within the table element.

What a mess. Currently:

• tfoot rows are written at the end of the table, not before the tbody
• tbody is not used anywhere, but should be in case thead is used
• tfoot is only used if footerrows are defined, but should be in case thead is used
  • update: omitting tfoot will pass validation
• any element should have a tr

-- TWiki:Main.ArthurClemens - 03 Dec 2007

The table at the top is now working correctly.

-- TWiki:Main.ArthurClemens - 03 Dec 2007