CSS - cellpadding and cellspacing

[Seth Watson]

I've seen so many answers on the net I am not sure which one is right or if
there's one answer that will work in all browsers

First off - Table - cellspacing and cellpadding

What is the CSS equivalent for each?
Is this also cross browser compatible?


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[dorayme]

Re: CSS - cellpadding and cellspacing

In article <9c123$490e7848 $7695@news.tera news.com>,
"Seth Watson" <what43@yahoo.c omwrote:

I've seen so many answers on the net I am not sure which one is right or if
there's one answer that will work in all browsers
>
First off - Table - cellspacing and cellpadding
>
What is the CSS equivalent for each?
Is this also cross browser compatible?
>

I get by with like:

td {padding: .3em; border: 1px solid black;}
table {border-collapse: collapse;}

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dorayme

[Ben C]

Re: CSS - cellpadding and cellspacing

On 2008-11-03, Seth Watson <what43@yahoo.c omwrote:

I've seen so many answers on the net I am not sure which one is right or if
there's one answer that will work in all browsers
>
First off - Table - cellspacing and cellpadding
>
What is the CSS equivalent for each?

cellspacing: border-spacing
cellpadding: set padding on the td

e.g.

<table cellspacing=4 cellpadding=5>

works the same as:

table {border-spacing: 4px}
td {padding: 5px}

Is this also cross browser compatible?

It works in all the main browsers, but you'll have to test it in IE to
be sure.

[dorayme]

Re: CSS - cellpadding and cellspacing

In article <slrnggtf8i.4m2 .spamspam@bowse r.marioworld>,
Ben C <spamspam@spam. eggswrote:

On 2008-11-03, Seth Watson <what43@yahoo.c omwrote:

I've seen so many answers on the net I am not sure which one is right or if
there's one answer that will work in all browsers

First off - Table - cellspacing and cellpadding

What is the CSS equivalent for each?

>
cellspacing: border-spacing
cellpadding: set padding on the td
>
e.g.
>
<table cellspacing=4 cellpadding=5>
>
works the same as:
>
table {border-spacing: 4px}
td {padding: 5px}
>

Is this also cross browser compatible?

>
It works in all the main browsers, but you'll have to test it in IE to
be sure.

border-spacing does not work in IE6. There is nothing much wrong, of
course, with using cellspacing where you need such. There are many
practical solutions to problems that arise where you might want
cellspacing but be hell-bent on pure markup without anything but basic
(default) presentation. But we would need a case or two to play with.

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dorayme