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HTML Table Styling


Use CSS to make your tables look better.


HTML Table - Zebra Stripes
If you add a background color on every other table row, you will get a nice zebra stripes effect.


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To style every other table row element, use the :nth-child(even)
selector like this:

Example

tr:nth-child(even) {  background-color: #D6EEEE;}
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Note: If you use (odd) instead of
(even), the styling will occur on row 1,3,5 etc. instead of 2,4,6 etc.


HTML Table - Vertical Zebra Stripes
To make vertical zebra stripes, style every other column, instead of every other
row.


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Set the :nth-child(even) for table data elements like this:

Example

td:nth-child(even),
th:nth-child(even) {  background-color: #D6EEEE;}
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Note: Put the :nth-child() selector
on both th and td
elements if you want to have the styling on both headers and regular table
cells.








Combine Vertical and Horizontal Zebra Stripes
You can combine the styling from the two examples above and you will have stripes on every other row and every other column.
If you use a transparent color you will get an overlapping effect.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Use an rgba() color to specify the transparency of the color:

Example

tr:nth-child(even) {  background-color: rgba(150, 212, 212, 0.4);
}
th:nth-child(even),td:nth-child(even) {  background-color: rgba(150,
212, 212, 0.4);}
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Horizontal Dividers



First Name
Last Name
Savings




Peter
Griffin
$100


Lois
Griffin
$150


Joe
Swanson
$300



If you specify borders only at the bottom of each table row, you will have a table with horizontal dividers.
Add the border-bottom property to all
tr elements to get horizontal dividers:

Example

tr {  border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;}
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Hoverable Table
Use the :hover selector on
tr to highlight table rows on mouse
over:


First Name
Last Name
Savings


Peter
Griffin
$100


Lois
Griffin
$150


Joe
Swanson
$300



Example

tr:hover {background-color: #D6EEEE;}
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Reference: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_table_styling.asp