CSS border-collapse Property
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Example
Set the collapsing borders model for a table:
table
{
border-collapse:collapse;
} |
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Definition and Usage
The border-collapse property sets whether the table borders are collapsed into a single border or detached as in standard HTML.
| Default value: |
separate |
| Inherited: |
yes |
| Version: |
CSS2 |
| JavaScript syntax: |
object.style.borderCollapse="collapse" |
Browser Support
The border-collapse property is supported in all major browsers.
Note: No versions of Internet Explorer (including IE8) support the property value "inherit".
Note: If a !DOCTYPE is not specified, the border-collapse property can
produce unexpected results.
Property Values
| Value |
Description |
| collapse |
Borders are collapsed into a single border when
possible (border-spacing and empty-cells properties will be ignored) |
| separate |
Borders are detached (border-spacing and empty-cells
properties will not be ignored). This is default |
| inherit |
Specifies that the value of the border-collapse property should be inherited
from the parent element |
Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Table
HTML DOM reference: borderCollapse property
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