border-collapse

Sets a value that indicates whether the row and cell borders of a table are joined in a single border or detached as in standard HTML.

Syntax

{ border-collapse: sCollapse }

Possible values

sCollapse

String that specifies or receives one of the following values:

This property has a default value of separate. It is not inherited.

Example

This example demonstrates how to use the border-collapse property to manipulate the border on a table:

<table id=oTable style="border-collapse: collapse;">
<tr><td>EST</td><td>9:00 A.M.</td></tr>
<tr><td>CST</td><td>8:00 A.M.</td></tr>
<tr><td>PST</td><td>6:00 A.M.</td></tr>
</table>
<p>
<input type=button 
   onclick="oTable.style.border-collapse='separate'" 
   value ="separate">
<input type=button 
   onclick="oTable.style.border-collapse='collapse'" 
   value ="collapse">

Standards information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2 (CSS2) .

Applies to

TABLE

See also

Concepts

border

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