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We are also having this problem. I think it may have occurred when I tried to copy rows from one table into another. I seem to remember having 2 heading rows at one point. I suspect it got corrupted there at some point.

Kind of off topic but our HTML exports do not have a <thead> element associated with the table. Is there anyway to fix that?

This was caused by making more than one heading row (gray background). Heading row can not be made normal row, so we had to remove the second heading row, insert a new row and enter the data again.

We are also having the same problem.

Hi,
we found the same problem today in a confluence page that had multiple correctly working tables and two tables with the problems described above (Confluence 5.6.5). I don't know how they were created (maybe copied from somewhere) or if they have always been displayed like this, but maybe the following information provides some help in finding the cause / a fix:
The source code of a regular working table inserted via the "Insert table" button has a <thead> and a <tbody> inside the <table> element.
The table with the header at the bottom (in edit mode it's a table with a header row and two regular rows) has:

• <thead> (first regular row)
• <tbody> (second regular row)
• <thead> (header row)
• an empty <thead>

The code looks like this:

<table class="confluenceTable tablesorter">
<thead>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd" data-column="0">Text 1</td>
<td class="confluenceTd" data-column="1">Text 2</td>
<td class="confluenceTd" colspan="1" data-column="2"> </td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="confluenceTd" colspan="1">Text 3</td>
<td class="confluenceTd" colspan="1">Text 4</td>
<td class="confluenceTd" colspan="1"> </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<thead>
<tr class="sortableHeader">
<th class="confluenceTh sortableHeader">
...
</th>
<th class="confluenceTh sortableHeader">
...
</th>
<th class="confluenceTh sortableHeader" colspan="1">
...
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<thead></thead>
</table>

We "solved" it by removing the tables and creating new ones.

Regards
Patrick Haettig

I have also experienced the same issue. Currently using the server version of Confluence 5.6.1. It is one of several tables on the page. In edit mode, it is fine but in view mode it appears at the bottom of the table. Other tables on the page are rendering as expected.

Hi Steve,

The issue appears to be resolved. I tried using our template with the pre-populated table, that works as expected. Then I tried creating a new page, adding a table and saving it, works as expected.

All is now well. Thanks for your assistance!

Best,
Gillian Downey
Ubiquiti Networks

Hi Gillian

Thanks for the update. Very useful. One other question, does this now happen with all tables that you create and edit or just this specific table?

Regards
Steve Haffenden
Confluence Bugmaster

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