empty-cells property CSS Reference

Definition and Usage

The empty-cells CSS property specifies how user agent should render borders and backgrounds around cells that have no visible content.

• Initial show
• Applies to table-cell elements
• Inherited yes
• Media visual
• Computed Value as specified
• Animatable no
• Canonical order the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

Formal syntax: show | hide

empty-cells: show
empty-cells: hide
empty-cells: inherit

Values

show

Is a keyword indicating that borders and backgrounds should be drawn like in a normal cells.

hide

Is a keyword indicating that no border or backgrounds should be drawn.

Examples

.contentbox td {
  empty-cells: show;
}

Compatibility

Desktop browsers

Mobile browsers