empty-cells
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
Theempty-cellsCSS property sets whether borders and backgrounds appear around<table> cells that have no visible content.
Try it
empty-cells: show;empty-cells: hide;<section> <table> <tbody> <tr> <th>Client Name</th> <th>Age</th> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>25</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Louise Q.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Owen B.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Stan L.</td> <td>71</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></section>th,td { border: 2px solid #aa1199; padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;}This property has an effect only when theborder-collapse property isseparate.
Syntax
css
/* Keyword values */empty-cells: show;empty-cells: hide;/* Global values */empty-cells: inherit;empty-cells: initial;empty-cells: revert;empty-cells: revert-layer;empty-cells: unset;Theempty-cells property is specified as one of the keyword values listed below.
Values
Formal definition
| Initial value | show |
|---|---|
| Applies to | table-cell elements |
| Inherited | yes |
| Computed value | as specified |
| Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
empty-cells =
show|
hide
Examples
Showing and hiding empty table cells
HTML
html
<table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Moe</td> <td>Larry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Curly</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody></table><br /><table> <tbody> <tr> <td>Moe</td> <td>Larry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Curly</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody></table>CSS
css
.table_1 { empty-cells: show;}.table_2 { empty-cells: hide;}td,th { border: 1px solid gray; padding: 0.5rem;}Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 # empty-cells |