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CSS Tables Borders

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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

 

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:

Firstname Lastname
Peter Griffin
Lois Griffin
table, th, td { border: 1px solid black; }

Full-Width Table #

The table above might seem small in some cases. If you need a table that should span the entire screen (full-width), add width: 100% to the <table> element:

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Firstname Lastname
Peter Griffin
Lois Griffin
table { width: 100%; }

Double Borders #

Notice that the table in the examples above have double borders. This is because both the table and the <th> and <td> elements have separate borders.

To remove double borders, take a look at the example below.


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Collapse Table Borders #

The border-collapse property sets whether the table borders should be collapsed into a single border:

Let the borders collapse #

Firstname Lastname
Peter Griffin
Lois Griffin
table { border-collapse: collapse; }

If you only want a border around the table, only specify the border property for <table>:

Firstname Lastname
Peter Griffin
Lois Griffin
table { border: 1px solid black; }

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