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.
The empty-cells CSS property sets whether borders and backgrounds appear around <table> cells that have no visible content.
Try it
empty-cells: show; empty-cells: hide; <section class="default-example" id="default-example"> <table class="transition-all" id="example-element"> <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> </table> </section> th, td { border: 2px solid #aa1199; padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem; } This property has an effect only when the border-collapse property is separate.
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; The empty-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 class="table_1"> <tr> <td>Moe</td> <td>Larry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Curly</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> <br /> <table class="table_2"> <tr> <td>Moe</td> <td>Larry</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Curly</td> <td></td> </tr> </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 |
Browser compatibility
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