empty-cells
Description
The empty-cells property
controls how to display borders and background on empty cells for a table in separated borders.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Initial value | show |
| Inherited | yes |
| Version | CSS2 |
| JavaScript syntax | object.style.emptyCells="hide" |
Syntax and Property Values
empty-cells: hide | show | inherit
The property values are listed in the following table.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| hide | empty cells will not have background or borders |
| show | Show background and borders for empty cells. Default value |
| inherit | Inherit the empty-cells property from the parent element |
Example
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
td {<!-- w ww . j a va 2 s. com-->
border: solid 1px black;
width: 100px;
empty-cells: hide;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td scope="col">Race 1</td>
<td scope="col">Race 2</td>
<td scope="col">Race 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Driver A</td>
<td>22m 33s</td>
<td>18m 50s</td>
<td>8m 45s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td scope="row">Driver B</td>
<td>24m 56s</td>
<td>16m 23s</td>
<td>8m 11s</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
The code above generates the following result.
