empty-cells

The empty-cells CSS property specifies how user agents should render borders and backgrounds around <table> cells that have no visible content.

/* Keyword values */
empty-cells: show;
empty-cells: hide;
/* Global values */
empty-cells: inherit;
empty-cells: initial;
empty-cells: unset;

Syntax

The empty-cells property is specified as one of the keyword values listed below.

Values

show

Borders and backgrounds are drawn like in normal cells.

hide

No borders or backgrounds are drawn.

Formal syntax

show | hide

Example

HTML

<table class="table_1">
  <tr>
    <td>Moe</td>
    <td>Larry</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Curly</td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<table class="table_2">
  <tr>
    <td>Moe</td>
    <td>Larry</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Curly</td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
</table>

CSS

.table_1 {
  empty-cells: show;
}
.table_2 {
  empty-cells: hide;
}
td,
th {
  border: 1px solid gray;
  padding; 0.5rem;
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility