Understanding HTML tables Part 3

Borders		width		cellpadding		background images		rowspan
alignment		height		cellspacing		background colour		colspan

Table Attributes

There are various attributes you can use in your tables which will change the way they are displayed. By doing this, you can display your tables/data exactly how you want it displayed on your page.

You can use all of the attributes in the one tag, for example:

Borders

setting the width of the border and bordercolour

setting the width of the border
and bordercolour

border width set to 6

border set to zero, no need for bordercolour!

Cellpadding and Cellspacing

Cellpadding is the distance between the edge of the table data cell and the data within it. It's the 'padding' of the cell.
Cellspacing is the distance between the cells themselves.

If you don't set the cellpadding and cellspacing, it naturally uses a 1px space. To gain greater control, set them.

cellpadding set to 10

cellspacing set to 10

cellspacing and cellspacing set to 10

Next: Width, height and alignment