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CSS Styling Tables
The look of an HTML table can be greatly improved with CSS.
Table Borders
To specify table borders in CSS, use the border property.
The example below specifies a black border for table, th, and td elements:
Example
Code:
table, th, td
{
border: 1px solid black;
}
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Notice that the table in the example above has double borders. This is because both the table, th, and td elements have separate borders.
To display a single border for the table, use the border-collapse property.
Collapse Borders
The border-collapse property sets whether the table borders are collapsed into a single border or separated:
Example
Code:
table
{
border-collapse:collapse;
}
table,th, td
{
border: 1px solid black;
}
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Table Width and Height
Width and height of a table is defined by the width and height properties.
The example below sets the width of the table to 100%, and the height of the th elements to 50px:
Example
Code:
table
{
width:100%;
}
th
{
height:50px;
}
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Table Text Alignment
The text in a table is aligned with the text-align and vertical-align properties.
The text-align property sets the horizontal alignment, like left, right, or center:
Example
Code:
td
{
text-align:right;
}
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The vertical-align property sets the vertical alignment, like top, bottom, or middle:
Example
Code:
td
{
height:50px;
vertical-align:bottom;
}
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Table Padding
To control the space between the border and content in a table, use the padding property on td and th elements:
Example
Code:
td
{
padding:15px;
}
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Table Color
The example below specifies the color of the borders, and the text and background color of th elements:
Example
Code:
table, td, th
{
border:1px solid green;
}
th
{
background-color:green;
color:white;
}
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