border-collapse Attribute | borderCollapse Property | Internet Development Index |
Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether the row and cell borders of a table are joined in a single border or detached as in standard HTML.
Syntax
HTML { border-collapse : sCollapse } Scripting object.style.borderCollapse [ = sCollapse ]
Possible Values
sCollapse String that specifies or receives one of the following values.
separate Default. Borders are detached (standard HTML). collapse Borders are collapsed, where adjacent, into a single border. The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has a default value of separate. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is not inherited.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Example
This example demonstrates how to use the border-collapse attribute and the borderCollapse property to manipulate the border on a table.
<TABLE ID=oTable STYLE="border-collapse:collapse"> <TR><TD>EST</TD><TD>9:00 A.M.</TD></TR> <TR><TD>CST</TD><TD>8:00 A.M.</TD></TR> <TR><TD>PST</TD><TD>6:00 A.M.</TD></TR> </TABLE> <P> <INPUT TYPE=button onclick="oTable.style.borderCollapse='separate'" VALUE="separate"> <INPUT TYPE=button onclick="oTable.style.borderCollapse='collapse'" VALUE="collapse">
Standards Information
This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2 (CSS2) .
Applies To
currentStyle, runtimeStyle, style, TABLE
See Also
border