empty-cells CSS property
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.
This property has an effect only when the border-collapse property is separate.
Try it
empty-cells: show;
empty-cells: hide;
<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
<table class="transition-all" id="example-element">
<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;
}
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;
Values
This property is specified as one of the following keyword 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">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Moe</td>
<td>Larry</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Curly</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br />
<table class="table_2">
<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 |