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CSS Table Style


Table Padding
To control the space between the border and the content in a table, use the
padding property on
<td> and <th> elements:



First Name
Last Name
Savings




Peter
Griffin
$100


Lois
Griffin
$150


Joe
Swanson
$300




Example

th, td
{
 
padding: 15px;  text-align: left;
}
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Horizontal Dividers



First Name
Last Name
Savings




Peter
Griffin
$100


Lois
Griffin
$150


Joe
Swanson
$300



Add the border-bottom property to <th> and <td> for horizontal dividers:

Example

th, td {  border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;}
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Hoverable Table
Use the :hover selector on <tr> to highlight table rows on mouse
over:


First Name
Last Name
Savings


Peter
Griffin
$100


Lois
Griffin
$150


Joe
Swanson
$300



Example

tr:hover {background-color: coral;}
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Striped Tables


First Name
Last Name
Savings


Peter
Griffin
$100


Lois
Griffin
$150


Joe
Swanson
$300


For zebra-striped tables, use the nth-child() selector and add a background-color to all even (or odd) table rows:

Example

tr:nth-child(even) {background-color: #f2f2f2;}
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Table Color
The example below specifies the background color
and text color of
<th> elements:


First Name
Last Name
Savings


Peter
Griffin
$100


Lois
Griffin
$150


Joe
Swanson
$300



Example

th {  background-color: #04AA6D;  color: white;}
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Reference: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_table_style.asp