html table and css

Davide77 · Apr 23, 2004

Hi, I have a general question about table and css. I was trying to format a table by using css styles but i looked around a little bit and it seems that css can work without using tables... does someone can give me a good link on this topic?

thank you

davide

vongrunt · Apr 23, 2004

I don't understand this... CSS can work on any HTML element.

Do you think about page layouts that use DIV tags instead of tables? Please explain.

Davide77 · Apr 23, 2004

i was trying to find out how to affect html table by using css: for example i want a table that has the topmargin but not the bottom margin... but I don't know how to achieve this. My question: is it possible to affect html tables with css?, and in this case do you know a good site with the properties I can use...
If this is not possible how can use css to imitate a table layout?

Vragabond · Apr 23, 2004

There are a couple of tables specific css attributes, but most of them are used on just about any element. You could do the margins with the margin property applied to your table. Consult W3Schools for a very concise list of css attributes and their usage.

BabyJeffy · Apr 23, 2004

And taking the opportunity to type just a few words into Google will turn up many tutorial sites on the subject.

Search: CSS tutorial table example margin

Jeff

BillyRayPreachersSon · Apr 23, 2004

This is how you would get a table with a top border but no bottom border:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#myTable {
	border-top: 2px #000000 solid;
	border-bottom: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
	<table id="myTable">
		<tr>
			<td>abc</td>
			<td>def</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>ghi</td>
			<td>jkl</td>
		</tr>
	</table>
</body>
</html>

Hope this helps,
Dan

petey · Apr 23, 2004

This might answer some questions also:

http://glish.com/css/

http://www.drpeterjones.com/

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