BUG: THEAD and TFOOTER Text Is Not Printed on Each Page

ID: Q190278

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming), versions 4.0, 4.01

SYMPTOMS

When a table with THEAD and TFOOTER tags is printed, the expected behavior is for the header and the footer to be printed on each page, but they each print only once in the entire document.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a standard HTML page with this a table tag formatted like this:

   <TABLE BORDER=1>
   <THEAD>
        <TR><TH> ...header information...------
   </THEAD>
   <TFOOT>
        <TR><TD> ...footer information...------
   </TFOOT>

   <TBODY>
        <TR><TD>...first row of block two data...</TD></TR>
        <TR><TD> ...second row of block two data...</TD></TR>
        <TR><TD> ...third row of block two data...</TD></TR>
        (repeat enough times to span this table across two or more printed
        pages)
   </TBODY>
   </TABLE>

Print the HTML document.

REFERENCES

http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-html40/struct/tables.html section 12.1.3, Groups of rows: the THEAD, TFOOT, and TBODY elements

Additional query words: print printer head header footer span page

Keywords          : kbhtml kbIE kbIE400 kbIE401 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

Last Reviewed: July 29, 1998