I am trying to figure out how to add border only inside the table. When I do:
table {
border: 0;
}
table td, table th {
border: 1px solid black;
}
The border is around the whole table and also between table cells. What I want to achieve is to have border only inside the table around table cells (without outer border around the table).
Here is markup I'm using for tables (even though I think that is not important):
<table>
<tr>
<th>Heading 1</th>
<th>Heading 2</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell (1,1)</td>
<td>Cell (1,2)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell (2,1)</td>
<td>Cell (2,2)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell (3,1)</td>
<td>Cell (3,2)</td>
</tr>
</table>
And here are some basic styles I apply to most of my tables:
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
}
Example of a very simple way for you to achieve the desired effect:
this works for me:
view example ...
tested in FF 3.6 and Chromium 5.0, IE lacks support; from W3C:
If you are doing what I believe you are trying to do, you'll need something a little more like this:
jsFiddle Demo
The problem is that you are setting a 'full border' around all the cells, which make it appear as if you have a border around the entire table.
Cheers.
EDIT: A little more info on those pseudo-classes can be found on quirksmode, and, as to be expected, you are pretty much S.O.L. in terms of IE support.
Due to mantain compatibility with ie7, ie8 I suggest using first-child and not last-child to doing this:
You can learn about CSS 2.1 Pseudo-classes at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc351024(VS.85).aspx
this should work:
edit:
i just tried it, no table border. but if i set a table border it is eliminated by the border-collapse.
this is the testfile:
Add the border to each cell with this:
Remove the top border from all the cells in the first row:
Remove the left border from the cells in the first column:
Remove the right border from the cells in the last column:
Remove the bottom border from the cells in the last row:
http://jsfiddle.net/hzru0ytx/