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CSS - cellpadding and cellspacing
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In this article, we would like to show you how to set cell padding and border spacing in CSS.
Quick solution
Cell padding:
td {
padding: 10px;
}
Border spacing:
table {
border-spacing: 10px;
}
Note:
Default
border-spacingvalue is2px.To use
border-spacing, theborder-collapseproperty value cannot be set tocollapse(default value -border-collapse: separate;).
Overview
1. Default values
In this example, we create a table with default border-spacing and padding values for cells.
// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<style>
table {
width: 100%;
}
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
th, td {
text-align: left;
}
</style>
</head>
<body style="height: 180px;">
<h3>Default values</h3>
<div>border-spacing: 0px; (default)</div>
<div>padding: 0px; (default)</div>
<div> </div>
<table>
<tr>
<th>ID</th>
<th>Username</th>
<th>User age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Amy</td>
<td>25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Tom</td>
<td>27</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
2. Specified border-spacing
In this example, we create a table with specified border-spacing property value for whole table.
// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<style>
table {
width: 100%;
border-spacing: 10px; /* <-------------------- */
}
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
th, td {
text-align: left;
}
</style>
</head>
<body style="height: 300px;">
<h3>Specified border-spacing</h3>
<div>border-spacing: 10px;</div>
<div>padding: 0px; (default)</div>
<div> </div>
<table>
<tr>
<th>ID</th>
<th>Username</th>
<th>User age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Amy</td>
<td>25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Tom</td>
<td>27</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
3. Specified cell padding
In this example, we create a table with specified padding property value for cells (th, td).
// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<style>
table {
width: 100%;
}
table, th, td {
border: 1px solid black;
}
th, td {
text-align: left;
padding: 10px; /* <-------------------- */
}
</style>
</head>
<body style="height: 300px;">
<h3>Specified padding</h3>
<div>border-spacing: 2px; (default)</div>
<div>padding: 10px;</div>
<div> </div>
<table>
<tr>
<th>ID</th>
<th>Username</th>
<th>User age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Amy</td>
<td>25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Tom</td>
<td>27</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>