Hopefully this is an easy one but I have not found a solution. I want to put space between columns on a table.
Example
| Cell |<- space ->| Cell |<- space ->| Cell |
An important point is that I do not want space on the edges. There is a border-spacing property but it is not supported in IE (6 or 7) so that is no good. It also puts space at the edges.
The best I have come up with is to put padded-right: 10px on my table cells and add a class to the last one to remove the padding. This is less than ideal because the extra space is part of the cell not outside it. I guess you could do the same thing with a transparent border?
I also tried using jQuery:
$(function() {
$("table > tbody > tr:not(:last-child").addClass("right-padding");
});
but even on tables that are only ~100 rows in size this was taking 200-400ms in some cases, which is too slow.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
To those suggesting columns they do not work. Try this:
<html>
<head>
<title>Layout</title>
<style type="text/css">
table { border: 1px solid black; }
td { background: yellow; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<col style="padding-right: 30px;">
<col style="padding-right: 30px;">
<col>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
try using
col
sexample
cols also support classes :)
hope this helps
Darko
EDIT: To clarify a
col
is an element declared at the top of the table to influence entire columns. The first col element will influence the first column, the second col = second column and so on. They can be grouped in colgroups if you wish to assign the same style to more than one column.EDIT2: After some more research it turns out that the only reliable styles you can set on a
col
element are:No margin or padding. Bugger! Would setting the width of the columns explicitly solve your problem?
Did you try using col grouping?
Josh's answer doesn't work if you already have borders around your cells, like me.
I solved the problem by shifting the whole table slightly to the left, using "position: relative; left: -10px". I combined this with cellspacing on the table.
and the css:
This is what works for me, I hope it may help you too.
It is may be what are you loking for:
You can use two values: the first is the horizontal cellspacing, the second the vertical one.
It is work for me
border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 3px;
The Josh's answer is quite good, but in my opinion needlessly complicated. When you set the table borders to "hidden" and collapse mode to "collapse", the borders on the outer edges of columns will be eliminated, just as required.
Working example:
Stylesheet:
HTML: