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CSS Tables
The look of an HTML table can be greatly improved with CSS:
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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 and the th/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:
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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:
Example
td {
text-align: right;
}
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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:
Example
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
table, td, th {
border: 1px solid green;
}
th {
background-color: green;
color: white;
}
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More Examples
Make a fancy table
This example demonstrates how to create a fancy table.
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Set the position of the table caption
This example demonstrates how to position the table caption.
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