The empty-cells
property is a CSS property that is used to control the display of empty cells in a table. It is used to specify whether or not to show borders and background colors for empty cells in a table. This property is used to improve the readability and appearance of tables on a web page.
The empty-cells
property can have two values: show
and hide
. The default value is show
, which means that empty cells will be displayed with borders and background colors. If the value is set to hide
, empty cells will not be displayed with borders and background colors.
Let's take a look at some examples to understand how the empty-cells
property works:
In this example, we have a table with some empty cells. The empty-cells
property is set to show
, which means that empty cells will be displayed with borders and background colors:
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;">
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td></td>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
</table>
1 | 2 | 4 | |
5 | 7 | 8 |
In this example, we have the same table as in Example 1, but the empty-cells
property is set to hide
, which means that empty cells will not be displayed with borders and background colors:
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; empty-cells: hide;">
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
<td></td>
<td>7</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
</table>
1 | 2 | 4 | |
5 | 7 | 8 |
The empty-cells
property is a useful CSS property that can be used to control the display of empty cells in a table. By setting the value to show
, empty cells can be displayed with borders and background colors, which can improve the readability and appearance of tables on a web page. On the other hand, by setting the value to hide
, empty cells can be hidden, which can be useful in certain situations where empty cells are not needed.