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While HTML provides attributes like border, cellpadding, and cellspacing, modern practice is to use CSS for styling tables. CSS makes tables more visually appealing, responsive, and user-friendly.
Example:
<style>
table {
width: 70%;
border-collapse: collapse; /* Merges borders */
margin: 20px auto; /* Centers table */
}
th, td {
border: 1px solid #333;
padding: 10px;
text-align: center;
}
th {
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
}
</style>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Age</th>
<th>City</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>New York</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Emma</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>London</td>
</tr>
</table>Output :
border-collapse: collapse; → Removes double borders.
padding: 10px; → Space inside cells.
margin: auto; → Centers table.
Helps improve readability in large tables.
Example:
<style>
tr:nth-child(even) {
background-color: #f2f2f2;
}
</style>Every even row gets a light background.
Highlight rows when the user moves the mouse over them.
Example:
<style>
tr:hover {
background-color: #ddd;
cursor: pointer;
}
</style>Tables don’t always fit on small screens. You can make them scrollable:
Example:
<style>
.table-container {
overflow-x: auto;
}
table {
width: 100%;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
</style>
<div class="table-container">
<table>
<tr>
<th>Product</th>
<th>Price</th>
<th>Stock</th>
<th>Supplier</th>
<th>Location</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Laptop</td>
<td>$800</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>ABC Corp</td>
<td>USA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Phone</td>
<td>$500</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>XYZ Ltd</td>
<td>UK</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>The table becomes scrollable horizontally on small screens.
Output :
<style>
table {
width: 80%;
border-collapse: collapse;
margin: 20px auto;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
}
th, td {
border: 1px solid #444;
padding: 12px;
text-align: center;
}
th {
background-color: #333;
color: white;
}
tr:nth-child(even) {
background-color: #f9f9f9;
}
tr:hover {
background-color: #d1e7dd;
transition: 0.3s;
}
caption {
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 10px;
}
</style>
<table>
<caption>Student Marks Table</caption>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Subject</th>
<th>Marks</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>Math</td>
<td>85</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Emma</td>
<td>Science</td>
<td>90</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Raj</td>
<td>English</td>
<td>78</td>
</tr>
</table>Output :
