Sets or retrieves the amount of space between cells in a table.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT CELLSPACING = sSpacing... >
Scripting	[ sSpacing = ] object.cellSpacing

Possible Values

sSpacing

Integer or String that specifies or receives one of the following values. spacing Integer that specifies the amount of space between cells, in pixels. percentage Integer, followed by a %. The value is a percentage of the available amount of space between the border and the content.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are not supported in IE8 mode. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Example

This example uses the CELLSPACING attribute and the cellSpacing property to change the spacing between two cells.

<TABLE ID=oTable BORDER CELLSPACING=10>
    <TR>
        <TD>Cell 1</TD>
        <TD>Cell 2</TD>
    </TR>
</TABLE>
:
<BUTTON onclick="oTable.cellSpacing=20">Larger spacing</BUTTON>
<BUTTON onclick="oTable.cellSpacing=5">Smaller spacing</BUTTON>

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Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 3.2  and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

TABLE, HTMLTableElement Constructor

See Also

cellPadding