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5.3 CSS Tables

The look of an HTML table can be greatly improved with CSS:

Company	Contact	Country
Alfreds Futterkiste	Maria Anders	Germany
Berglunds snabbköp	Christina Berglund	Sweden
Centro comercial Moctezuma	Francisco Chang	Mexico
Ernst Handel	Roland Mendel	Austria
Island Trading	Helen Bennett	UK
Königlich Essen	Philip Cramer	Germany
Laughing Bacchus Winecellars	Yoshi Tannamuri	Canada
Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti	Giovanni Rovelli	Italy

Table Borders

To specify table borders in CSS, use the border property. The example below specifies a black border for <table>, <th>, and <td> elements:

First name	Last name
Peter	Griffin
Lois	Griffin

Example 1

table, th, td {
  border: 1px solid black;
}

Full-Width Table

The table above might seem small in some cases. If you need a table that should span the entire screen (full-width), add width: 100% to the <table> element:

First name	Last name
Peter	Griffin
Lois	Griffin

Example 2

table {
  width: 100%;
}

Double Borders

Notice that the table in the examples above have double borders. This is because both the table and the <th> and <td> elements have separate borders. To remove double borders, take a look at the example below.

Collapse Table Borders

The border-collapse property sets whether the table borders should be collapsed into a single border:

First name	Last name
Peter	Griffin
Lois	Griffin

Example 3 - collapse borders

table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
}

If you only want a border around the table, only specify the border property for <table>:

First name	Last name
Peter	Griffin
Lois	Griffin

Example 4 - no inner borders

table {
  border: 1px solid black;
}