cellspacing attribute | cellSpacing property
Sets or retrieves the amount of space between cells in a table.
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Syntax
| HTML | <element cellspacing="p" ... > |
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Property values
Type: Variant
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Integer that specifies the amount of space between cells, in pixels.
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Integer, followed by a %. The value is a percentage of the available amount of space between the border and the content.
Standards information
- Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 11.3.3
Examples
This example uses the cellspacing attribute and the cellSpacing property to change the spacing between two cells.
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/cellSpacing.htm
<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>
See also
