CSS empty-cells Property

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Example

Hide border and background on empty cells in a table:

table
{
border-collapse:separate;
empty-cells:hide;
}

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Definition and Usage

The empty-cells property sets whether or not to display borders and background on empty cells in a table (only for the "separated borders" model).

Default value: show
Inherited: yes
Version: CSS2
JavaScript syntax: object.style.emptyCells="hide"

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The empty-cells property is supported in all major browsers.

Note: Internet Explorer 8 (and higher) supports the empty-cells property if a !DOCTYPE is specified.

Property Values

Value Description
hide No background or borders are shown on empty cells
show Background and borders are shown on empty cells. This is default
inherit Specifies that the value of the empty-cells property should be inherited from the parent element

Related Pages

CSS tutorial: CSS Table

HTML DOM reference: emptyCells property

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