Today’s task is to create space between two rows in a table. The space between two rows in a <table> can be added by using the CSS border-spacing and border-collapse properties. The border-spacing property is used to set
the spaces between cells of a table, and the border-collapse property specifies whether the border of the table is collapsed or not. The border-spacing property can be used only when the border-collapse property is set to "separate". Let’s see an example and show how to do that step by step. - Place the <div> tag in the
<body> section.
- Place the <h2> and <h3> tags and write some content in them.
- Place the <table> tag and create your table.
- Use the
<tr> tag for each row.
- For the first row, use the <th> tag which defines a header cell in an HTML table.
- For the other rows, use the <td> tag which defines a standard data cell in an HTML table. For the cells belonging to
the first row set a "td" class.
<body>
<div>
<h2>W3docs</h2>
<h3>Row spacing in a table</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Employee ID</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Gender</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td">10001</td>
<td>Tom</td>
<td>M</td>
<td>30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td">10002</td>
<td>Sally</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td">10003</td>
<td>Emma</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>24</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>
- Use the border-collapse property with its "separate" value for the table.
- Use the border-spacing property to set the distance between the borders of neighbouring table cells.
- For the first row, set the background color and the color of the text by using the background-color and
color properties.
- Set the width and padding of the rows.
- Use the text-align property with the "center" value which aligns the text to the center.
- You can create a border
around the cells of the table by using the border property and use the border-width, border-style and border-color properties.
- You can set the color of the <h2> element
of the document by using the color property. Also, you can choose any color from our color picker.
table {
border-collapse: separate;
border-spacing: 0 15px;
}
th {
background-color: #4287f5;
color: white;
}
th,
td {
width: 150px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 5px;
}
h2 {
color: #4287f5;
}
Here is the result of our code. Example of adding space between horizontal rows:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
table {
border-collapse: separate;
border-spacing: 0 15px;
}
th {
background-color: #4287f5;
color: white;
}
th,
td {
width: 150px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 5px;
}
h2 {
color: #4287f5;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h2>W3docs</h2>
<h3>Row spacing in a table</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Employee ID</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Gender</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td">10001</td>
<td>Tom</td>
<td>M</td>
<td>30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td">10002</td>
<td>Sally</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td">10003</td>
<td>Emma</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>24</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
ResultRow spacing in a table
| Employee ID | Name | Gender | Age |
|---|
| 10001
| Tom
| M
| 30
| | 10002
| Sally
| F
| 28
| | 10003
| Emma
| F
| 24
|
Example of adding space between vertical rows:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
<style>
table {
border-collapse: separate;
border-spacing: 20px 0;
}
th {
background-color: #4287f5;
color: white;
}
th,
td {
width: 150px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid black;
padding: 5px;
}
h2 {
color: #4287f5;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h2>W3docs</h2>
<h3>Row spacing in a table</h3>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Employee ID</th>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Gender</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td">10001</td>
<td>Tom</td>
<td>M</td>
<td>30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td">10002</td>
<td>Sally</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="td">10003</td>
<td>Emma</td>
<td>F</td>
<td>24</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>
In our first example, for the border-spacing property, we use a "0 15px" value which means that space is between the horizontal rows. In the second example, we use a "20px 0 " value which means that space is between the vertical rows.
Which can be used to define the spacing between the cells of a table?
The HTML <table> cellspacing Attribute is used to specify the space between the cells. The cellspacing attribute is set in terms of pixels.
Which property is used to add space between cells?
The border-spacing CSS property can be used to add or remove the spaces between the edges of the table cells.
Which style is used to provide spacing within a HTML cell?
Cell padding specifies the space between the cell content and its borders.
Which of table defines the space between cell data and border?
Cellpadding specifies the space between the border of a table cell and its contents (i.e) it defines the whitespace between the cell edge and the content of the cell.
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