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8.7

IE7 Weird Table Bug

Asked by dwaynecharrington in Miscellaneous Web Development, Internet Explorer Web Browser, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Tags: CSS, XHTML, HTML, IE7, Bug, Browser

in Internet Explorer 7 and 6 (I presume) I'm experiencing an error with a table and TD spacing. I'm not sure what's causing it, but there is an ugly space between the TD's, but I'm using border-collapse: separate and I think that might be causing the issue.

This problem doesn't happen in IE8, Firefox, etc. I've attached a screenshot of the problem, and hope that someone can help me. And I've also attached a screenshot of it working in Firefox.

The green tick image is a background image on a div inside the TD. See my code attachments below to see the code. 
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<div id="operatingHours">
                    <h3>Operating Hours</h3>
                    
                    <table cellspacing="6">
                        <thead>
                            <tr>
                                <th class="borderLeft">&nbsp;</th>
                                <th><strong>S</strong></th>
                                <th><strong>M</strong></th>
                                <th><strong>T</strong></th>
                                <th><strong>W</strong></th>
                                <th><strong>T</strong></th>
                                <th><strong>F</strong></th>
                                <th class="borderRight"><strong>S</strong></th>
                            </tr>
                        </thead>
                        <tbody>
                            <tr>
                            <td class="borderLeft">Breakfast</td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td class="borderRight"><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td class="borderLeft">Lunch</td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td class="borderRight">&nbsp;</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td class="borderLeft">Dinner</td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                                <td class="borderRight">&nbsp;</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                                <td class="borderLeft">Late</td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                                <td>&nbsp;</td>
                                <td class="borderRight"><div class="greenTick">Yes</div></td>
                            </tr>
                        </tbody>
                    </table>
                    
                </div>
 
 
 
 
div#operatingHours {
        background-color: #EBEBEB;
        padding: 10px;
    }
    
        div#operatingHours table {
            width: 100%;
            border-collapse: separate;
            border-spacing: 0 6px;
            margin-top: 3px;
        }
        
        div#operatingHours tr {
            border: 1px solid #CCC;
            width: 100%;
        }
        
        div#operatingHours table thead, div#operatingHours table tbody tr {
            background-color: #FFF;
        }
        
        div#operatingHours table thead th {
            padding: 4px 0;
            text-align: center;
            border-top: 1px solid #CCC;
            border-bottom: 1px solid #CCC;
        }
    
        div#operatingHours table tbody td {
            padding: 4px 7px;
            border-top: 1px solid #CCC;
            border-bottom: 1px solid #CCC;
        }
    
    .borderLeft {
        border-left: 1px solid #CCC;
    }    
    
    .borderRight {
        border-right: 1px solid #CCC;
    }
        
    .greenTick {
        background-image: url(../images/restaurants/icon_greentick-greybg.png);
        background-repeat: none;
        background-position: center center;
        width: 14px;
        height: 12px;
        position: relative;
        text-indent: -4000px;
    }
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okay-in-firefox.jpg (26 KB) (File Type Details) 
The table is working properly in Firefox. This is how it should look.
The table is working properly in Firefox. This is how it should look.
 
 
buggy-table.jpg (27 KB) (File Type Details) 
The table is buggy in Internet Explorer 7, compared to Firefox.
The table is buggy in Internet Explorer 7, compared to Firefox.
 
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Tags: CSS, XHTML, HTML, IE7, Bug, Browser
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