border-spacing property - CSS Reference

border-spacing property CSS Reference

Definition and Usage

The border-spacing CSS property specifies the distance between the borders of adjacent cells (only for the separated borders model). This is equivalent to the cellspacing attribute in presentational HTML, but an optional second value can be used to set different horizontal and vertical spacing.

The border-spacing value is also used along the outside edge of the table, where the distance between the table's border and the cells in the first/last column or row is the sum of the relevant (horizontal or vertical) border-spacing and the relevant (top, right, bottom, or left) padding on the table.

This property applies only when border-collapse is separate.

Initial 0
Applies to table and inline-table elements
Inherited yes
Media visual
Computed Value two absolute lengths
Animatable no
Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

Formal syntax: <length> <length>?

border-spacing: length              /* one-value syntax */
border-spacing: horizontal vertical /* two-value syntax */
border-spacing: inherit

Values

length: Is a <length> value that describes both the horizontal and vertical spacings between cells. It is used only in the one-value syntax.
horizontal: Is a <length> value that describes the horizontal spacing between cells, that is the space between cells in adjacent columns. It is used only in the two-value syntax.
vertical: Is a <length> value that describes the vertical spacing between cells, that is the space between cells in adjacent rows. It is used only in the two-value syntax.
inherit: Is a keyword indicating that the calculated value of border-spacing of the parent's element must be used.