HTML cellpadding attribute

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:12 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

cellpadding

The purpose of the HTML cellpadding attribute is to set a spacing within table cells.

Supported elements

HTML cellpadding attribute supports table element.

Syntax

<table cellpadding="value" >.....</table>

Type of value

Type of value of HTML cellpadding attribute is pixel, percent or multilength(i.e. relative length).

Value

A length in pixels, percent or a relative length.

Default value

There is no default value of HTML cellpadding attribute.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of HTML cellpadding attribute with table

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML cellpadding attribute with table</title>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1" cellpadding="10">
<tr>
<td>USA</td>
<td>Washington,D.C.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>UK</td>
<td>London</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of HTML cellpadding attribute with table

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