empty-cells Attribute | emptyCells Property

Determines whether to show or hide a cell without content.

Syntax

CSS	{ empty-cells : sValue }
Scripting	[ sValue = ] object.style.emptyCells [ = sValue ]

Possible Values

sValue

String that specifies or receives one of the following values. show Renders empty cells with inherited borders and styles hide Does not render the cell

The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has no default value. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.

Remarks

If all cells in a particular row have the empty-cells value set to hide, the entire row will behave as if it had the display value of none.

The emptyCells value can be set for an entire table. If the value is set in the table properties to show , all cells will be rendered with borders, regardless of their content.

Standards Information

This property is defined in CSS2.1.

Applies To

CSSStyleDeclaration, currentStyle, runtimeStyle, style, TABLE, TD, CSSCurrentStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSRuleStyleDeclaration Constructor, CSSStyleDeclaration Constructor