CSS Property border-collapse
border-collapse property controls
if to merge two borders, collapse to one border.
Summary
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Initial value | separate |
| Inherited | Yes. |
| Version | CSS2 |
| JavaScript syntax | object.style.borderCollapse="collapse" |
CSS Syntax
border-collapse: collapse | separate | inherit
Property Values
The property values are listed in the following table.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| collapse | Borders are collapsed into a single border |
| separate | Borders are detached. Default value |
| inherit | Inherit the border-collapse property from the parent element |
Browser compatibility
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border-collapse |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Example
An example showing how to use border-collapse CSS property.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table {<!--from w ww. ja v a2s . c om-->
background-color: #efefef;
width: 350px;
border-collapse: separate;
empty-cells: hide;
}
td {
padding: 5px;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 1px;
border-color: #999999;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th>Title one</th>
<th>Title two</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Row Title</th>
<td>value</td>
<td>value</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Row Title</th>
<td>value</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>