The look of an HTML table can be greatly improved with CSS:
| Company | Contact | Country |
| Alfreds Futterkiste | Maria Anders | Germany |
| Berglunds snabbköp | Christina Berglund | Sweden |
| Centro comercial Moctezuma | Francisco Chang | Mexico |
| Ernst Handel | Roland Mendel | Austria |
| Island Trading | Helen Bennett | UK |
| Königlich Essen | Philip Cramer | Germany |
| Laughing Bacchus Winecellars | Yoshi Tannamuri | Canada |
| Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti | Giovanni Rovelli | Italy |
| North/South | Simon Crowther | UK |
| Paris spécialités | Marie Bertrand | France |
| The Big Cheese | Liz Nixon | USA |
| Vaffeljernet | Palle Ibsen | Denmark |
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
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
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
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:
The vertical-align property sets the vertical alignment, like top, bottom, or middle:
Example
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:
Table Color
The example below specifies the color of the borders, and the text and background color of th elements:
Example
table, td, th
{
border:1px solid green;
}
th
{
background-color:green;
color:white;
} |
