CSS empty-cells Property
 Complete CSS Reference
Example
Hide border and background on empty cells in a table:
table
{
border-collapse:separate;
empty-cells:hide;
} |
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Definition and Usage
The empty-cells property sets whether or not to display borders and background on empty cells in a table (only for the "separated borders" model).
| Default value: |
show |
| Inherited: |
yes |
| Version: |
CSS2 |
| JavaScript syntax: |
object.style.emptyCells="hide" |
Browser Support
The empty-cells property is supported in all major browsers.
Note: Internet Explorer 8 (and higher) supports the empty-cells property if a !DOCTYPE
is specified.
Property Values
| Value |
Description |
| hide |
No background or borders are shown on empty cells |
| show |
Background and borders are shown on empty cells. This
is default |
| inherit |
Specifies that the value of the empty-cells property should be inherited
from the parent element |
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Table
HTML DOM reference: emptyCells property
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