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HtmlTable.CellSpacing Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the amount of space (in pixels) between adjacent cells in the HtmlTable control.

public:
 property int CellSpacing { int get(); void set(int value); };
public int CellSpacing { get; set; }
member this.CellSpacing : int with get, set
Public Property CellSpacing As Integer

Property Value

Int32

The amount of space (in pixels) between adjacent cells in the HtmlTable control. The default value is -1, which indicates that this property is not set.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the CellSpacing property to programmatically control the spacing of cells in the HtmlTable control.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // Set the HtmlTable properties according to the
    // user selections.
    Table1.CellSpacing = Convert.ToInt32(SpacingSelect.Value);
    Table1.CellPadding = Convert.ToInt32(PaddingSelect.Value);
    Table1.Align = AlignSelect.Value;

  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
   <title>HtmlTable Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlTable Example</h3>

      <table id="Table1" 
             style="border-width:1; border-color:Black"
             runat="server">

         <tr>
            <th>
               Column 1
            </th>
            <th>
               Column 2
            </th>
            <th>
               Column 3
            </th>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>
               Cell 1
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 2
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 3
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>
               Cell 4
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 5
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 6
            </td>
         </tr>

      </table>
      
      <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
      
      <hr />

      Select the display settings: <br /><br />

      Align:
      <select id="AlignSelect" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="Left">Left</option>
         <option value="Center">Center</option>
         <option value="Right">Right</option>
        
      </select>

        

      CellPadding:
      <select id="PaddingSelect" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="0">0</option>
         <option value="1">1</option>
         <option value="2">2</option>
         <option value="3">3</option>
         <option value="4">4</option>
         <option value="5">5</option>

      </select>

        

      CellSpacing:
      <select id="SpacingSelect" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="0">0</option>
         <option value="1">1</option>
         <option value="2">2</option>
         <option value="3">3</option>
         <option value="4">4</option>
         <option value="5">5</option>

      </select>
       
      <br /><br />
  
      <input type="button" 
             value="Generate Table"
             onserverclick="Button_Click" 
             runat="server"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub Button_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

    ' Set the HtmlTable properties according to the
    ' user selections.
    Table1.CellSpacing = CInt(SpacingSelect.Value)
    Table1.CellPadding = CInt(PaddingSelect.Value)
    Table1.Align = AlignSelect.Value

  End Sub

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
   <title>HtmlTable Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlTable Example</h3>

      <table id="Table1" 
             style="border-width:1; border-color:Black"
             runat="server">

         <tr>
            <th>
               Column 1
            </th>
            <th>
               Column 2
            </th>
            <th>
               Column 3
            </th>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>
               Cell 1
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 2
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 3
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>
               Cell 4
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 5
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 6
            </td>
         </tr>

      </table>
      
      <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
      
      <hr />

      Select the display settings: <br /><br />

      Align:
      <select id="AlignSelect" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="Left">Left</option>
         <option value="Center">Center</option>
         <option value="Right">Right</option>
        
      </select>

        

      CellPadding:
      <select id="PaddingSelect" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="0">0</option>
         <option value="1">1</option>
         <option value="2">2</option>
         <option value="3">3</option>
         <option value="4">4</option>
         <option value="5">5</option>

      </select>

        

      CellSpacing:
      <select id="SpacingSelect" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="0">0</option>
         <option value="1">1</option>
         <option value="2">2</option>
         <option value="3">3</option>
         <option value="4">4</option>
         <option value="5">5</option>

      </select>
       
      <br /><br />
  
      <input type="button" 
             value="Generate Table"
             onserverclick="Button_Click" 
             runat="server"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the CellSpacing property to control the spacing between individual cells in the HtmlTable control. This spacing is applied both vertically and horizontally.

Applies to

See also