CSS Tables

The look of an HTML table can be greatly improved with CSS:

Company Contact Country Alfreds Futterkiste Maria Anders Germany Berglunds snabbköp Christina Berglund Sweden Centro comercial Moctezuma Francisco Chang Mexico Ernst Handel Roland Mendel Austria Island Trading Helen Bennett UK Königlich Essen Philip Cramer Germany Laughing Bacchus Winecellars Yoshi Tannamuri Canada Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti Giovanni Rovelli Italy

Table Borders

To specify table borders in CSS, use the border property.

The example below specifies a black border for <table>, <th>, and <td> elements:

Example table, th, td {

border: 1px solid black;

} Try it Yourself »

Notice that the table in the example above has double borders. This is because both the table and the <th> and <td> elements have separate borders.

Collapse Table Borders

The border-collapse property sets whether the table borders should be collapsed into a single border:

Example table {

border-collapse: collapse;

}



table, th, td {

border: 1px solid black;

} Try it Yourself »

If you only want a border around the table, only specify the border property for <table>:

Example table {

border: 1px solid black;

} Try it Yourself »

Table Width and Height

Width and height of a table are defined by the width and height properties.

The example below sets the width of the table to 100%, and the height of the <th> elements to 50px:

Example table {

width: 100%;

}



th {

height: 50px;

} Try it Yourself »

Horizontal Alignment

The text-align property sets the horizontal alignment (like left, right, or center) of the content in <th> or <td>.

By default, the content of <th> elements are center-aligned and the content of <td> elements are left-aligned.

The following example left-aligns the text in <th> elements:

Example th {

text-align: left;

} Try it Yourself »

Vertical Alignment

The vertical-align property sets the vertical alignment (like top, bottom, or middle) of the content in <th> or <td>.

By default, the vertical alignment of the content in a table is middle (for both <th> and <td> elements).

The following example sets the vertical text alignment to bottom for <td> elements:

Example td {

height: 50px;

vertical-align: bottom;

} Try it Yourself »

Table Padding

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

Example th, td {

padding: 15px;

text-align: left;

} Try it Yourself »

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;

} Try it Yourself »

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

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:

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: #4CAF50;

color: white;

} Try it Yourself »

Responsive Table

A responsive table will display a horizontal scroll bar if the screen is too small to display the full content:

First Name Last Name Points Points Points Points Points Points Points Points Points Points Points Points Jill Smith 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 Eve Jackson 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 Adam Johnson 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 67

Add a container element (like <div>) with overflow-x:auto around the <table> element to make it responsive:

Example <div style="overflow-x:auto;">



<table>

... table content ...

</table>



</div> Try it Yourself »

Note: In OS X Lion (on Mac), scrollbars are hidden by default and only shown when being used (even though "overflow:scroll" is set).

More Examples

Make a fancy table

This example demonstrates how to create a fancy table.

Set the position of the table caption

This example demonstrates how to position the table caption.

CSS Table Properties