On Mar 23, 2006, at 5:26 AM, Craig Cook wrote: > On 3/22/06, Michael Warkentin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Is there a specific reason why a border can't be applied to <tr> >> elements? >> It seems kind of counter-intuitive. > > Because <tr> doesn't really "exist" as a rendered element, it merely > serves to group <td>s and <th>s into a row. A <tr> cannot directly > contain any content, it MUST contain a <td> or <th> first. Since <tr> > is an invisible grouping element, CSS can't really be applied directly > to it, especially box-model type things like margin, padding, and > borders.
That is not correct. It is possible to apply a border to the <tr>, but IE win won't apply it. (and indeed it is not possible to apply margins an padding to a <tr> as this element can't have margins or padding). It works correctly in Firefox, Safari, Opera. <http://dev.l-c-n.com/tables-4/table-border.php> but you must * use border-collapse:collapse border-model * the borders on the <td> must be hidden or none or *smaller* than the border on the <tr>, otherwise, borders on the <td> paint over the border on the <tr> (as the <td> sits on top of the <tr>). Philippe --- Philippe Wittenbergh <http://emps.l-c-n.com> ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
