The border-collapse
property allows you to define a way in which a border should be displayed around a table cell. To display the border of your table in different styles, you need to set the appropriate values of the border-collapse
property.
Here is a table showing the available values of the border-collapse
property:
Value | Description |
---|---|
collapse |
seta a common border to all the cells of a table. |
separate |
sets a separate border for each cell of a table. |
inherit |
Inherits the value of the border-collapse property from the parent element. |
Now let's see the syntax for using the border-collapse
CSS property.
border-collapse
property:Following is the syntax for using the border-collapse
property:
border-collapse: VALUE;
The VALUES can have values as shown in the table above.
Now let's take an example where we will create some HTML tables and then use the border-collapse
property to create border around the cells of the table.
When the border-collapse
property has value collapse then it sets a common border to all cells of a table.
border-collapse
property:Following browsers support this attribute:
Google Chrome 9.0
Internet Explorer 11.0
Firefox
Opera
Safari