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cellPadding attribute (table)

Browser support:

Specifies the amount of space between the border of a cell and its contents in a table.

Use the cellSpacing attribute if you want to set the space between cells.

JavaScript page for this attribute: cellPadding. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

Sets the amount of space between the border of the cell and its contents.

One of the following values:

offset in pixels

Integer with or without a px (pixel) designator.

percentage

Integer higher than or equal to 0 , with a % designator.

Default: this attribute has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the cellPadding attribute:

Table, with 10px cellpadding:
<table border="3px" cellpadding="10px">
    <tr>
        <td>Apple</td>
        <td>Pear</td>
        <td>Peach</td>
    </tr>
</table>

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Table, without cellpadding:
<table border="3px" cellpadding="0px">
    <tr>
        <td>Apple</td>
        <td>Pear</td>
        <td>Peach</td>
    </tr>
</table>