On a related note, I thought it was still preferred to have the cell-spacing attribute on a table. Is this not the case? Is that a (legacy) browser support thing?
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: > Without looking too long, the one table that shows what you are after > has border-spacing of 2px. The other has 0. > > HTH > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Angela French <afre...@sbctc.edu> wrote: >> I have always styled tables with a background color and padding on the <td>s >> so that the background color of the table looks like a border around each >> cell. Here is an example on our current site: >> http://www.sbctc.edu/general/policymanual/_a-policymanual_1.10.aspx . >> >> I'm trying to recreate this on a new site, but it's not working. I can't >> figure out why. In this test I have set up the <td>s with the green >> background just so I could see what's going on, but they will be a white >> background in the end. The background color of the cells is not shrinking to >> allow the background color of the table to show through and look like the >> border. >> >> http://dev.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/policies-rules/policy-manual/1.10.aspx >> >> Thanks for taking a look. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Angela French >> Internet Specialist >> State Board for Community and Technical Colleges >> 360-704-4316 >> afre...@sbctc.edu<mailto:afre...@sbctc.edu> >> www.checkoutacollege.com<http://www.checkoutacollege.com> >> www.sbctc.edu<http://www.sbctc.edu> >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] >> http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d >> List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ >> List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html >> Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > > > -- > > Tom Livingston | Senior Front End Developer | Media Logic | > ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | medialogic.com > > > #663399 -- Tom Livingston | Senior Front End Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | medialogic.com #663399 ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
