CSS border-spacing Property
Example
Set the border-spacing for a table:
table
{
border-collapse: separate;
border-spacing: 10px 50px;
}
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Definition and Usage
The border-spacing property sets the distance between the borders of adjacent cells (only for the "separated borders" model).
| Default value: | 0 |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | yes |
| Animatable: | yes. Read about animatable Try it |
| Version: | CSS2 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.borderSpacing="15px" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| border-spacing | 1.0 | 12.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 |
Note: IE8 supports the border-spacing property only if a !DOCTYPE is specified.
CSS Syntax
border-spacing: length|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| length length | Specifies the distance between the borders of adjacent
cells in px, cm, etc. Negative values are
not allowed
|
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| initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial | Play it » |
| inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit |
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Table
HTML DOM reference: borderSpacing property
