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9.2

Putting a thin border around selected cells in a table

Zones: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Macromedia Dreamweaver
The code below represents two td's (cols 3 and 4)  in a tr of 9 columns. How would I could it so that I would get a thin border line around the perimeter of those two cells?  The perimeter only, not the vertical border between the two cells.  By thin I mean the equivalent of a 1px border around a div in CSS.

Thanks!

John
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<td width="93" valign="top" bordercolor="#999999"><p><img src="http://images.dtdeals.com/store/thumb/DT_145216_1.jpg" alt="Acer Laptop" width="80" height="52" border="0" /></p>
        <p align="center" class="style7">Hot Item #1</p>
        <p align="center" class="style4"><a href="http://bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=4&amp;catlvl=2&amp;catid=51148" class="style6">view more <br />
        like this</a></p>
        </td>
      <td width="250" valign="top" bordercolor="#999999"><p><strong><span class="style1"><a href="http://Bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=5&amp;I=142439" class="style2">Acer EX5620-6830 Laptop 1.5GHz 1GB 200GB DL DVDRW WiFi</a></span></strong></p>
        <p><span class="style4 style1">Enjoy complete wireless integration and blazing-fast performance with this Intel Centrino Duo-equipped laptop. Connect to your home network or local hotspots and use the integrated Web cam and microphone to chat with friends and family</span><span class="style4">.</span><strong><a href="http://Bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=5&amp;I=142439" class="style2"><br />
          </a></strong></p></td>
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Question Asked By: gabrielPennyback
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02.21.2008 at 12:59AM PST, ID: 20946058

Rank: Wizard

TName:
Hi, I would define classes for the left and the right cell and draw the borders individually (top, left, right...). See example below:
You could also define a third class for middle cells (top and bottom border only)
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<style>
td.tdL { 
border-left:1px solid #f00;
border-top:1px solid #f00;
border-bottom:1px solid #f00;
 }
td.tdR { 
border-right:1px solid #f00;
border-top:1px solid #f00;
border-bottom:1px solid #f00;
 }   
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table border="0">
<tr style="background-color:#fff;">
<td>aaa</td>
<td>bbb</td>
<td>ccc</td>
<td class="tdL" width="93" valign="top" bordercolor="#999999"><p><img src="http://images.dtdeals.com/store/thumb/DT_145216_1.jpg" alt="Acer Laptop" width="80" height="52" border="0" /></p>
        <p align="center" class="style7">Hot Item #1</p>
        <p align="center" class="style4"><a href="http://bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=4&amp;catlvl=2&amp;catid=51148" class="style6">view more <br />
        like this</a></p>
        </td>
<td class="tdR" width="250" valign="top" bordercolor="#999999"><p><strong><span class="style1"><a href="http://Bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=5&amp;I=142439" class="style2">Acer EX5620-6830 Laptop 1.5GHz 1GB 200GB DL DVDRW WiFi</a></span></strong></p>
        <p><span class="style4 style1">Enjoy complete wireless integration and blazing-fast performance with this Intel Centrino Duo-equipped laptop. Connect to your home network or local hotspots and use the integrated Web cam and microphone to chat with friends and family</span><span class="style4">.</span><strong><a href="http://Bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=5&amp;I=142439" class="style2"><br />
          </a></strong></p></td>
<td>xxx</td>
<td>yyy</td>
<td>zzz</td>		  
</tr>
  
		  
</table>
</body>
</html>
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02.21.2008 at 01:06AM PST, ID: 20946098

Rank: Wizard

TName:
If you see any tiny gap, you could collapse the table borders (and maybe increase the padding for the TDs)

table { border-collapse:collapse; }
td { padding:4px; }
 
02.21.2008 at 01:40PM PST, ID: 20952132
gabrielPennyback:
Hi TName,

I think that should work, but if you don't mind my changing direction her, it turns out that what I need to do is put left and right borders on the table itself.
Actually I've got 7 tables of identical width stacked on top of each other (for some reason that seemed better than one table with seven rows. If I can put left and right borders around them (with a bottom border on the bottom table, then it should work.
I couldn't figure out how to adapt your answer, so if you could spell that out for me, I'd really appreciate it.

I guess another option would be to wrap a  one cell table around all ot them, but i'm not quite sure how to do that.

Thanks,

John
 
02.21.2008 at 02:02PM PST, ID: 20952324

Rank: Wizard

TName:
You can simply set only the left and right CSS borders for the table itself.
Here's an example with 2 tables, the only difference between them is that the upper table has only the class .borderLR (defined with borders left and right) and the lower table also has the class .borderBottom :
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<style>
body { padding:20px; }
 
table.borderLR  { 
    border-left:1px solid #f00;
	border-right:1px solid #f00;
 }   
 table.borderBottom  { 	
    border-bottom:1px solid #f00;
 }   
 
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table class="borderLR " border="0">
<tr style="background-color:#fff;">
<td>aaa</td>
<td>bbb</td>
<td>ccc</td>
<td width="93" valign="top" bordercolor="#999999"><p><img src="http://images.dtdeals.com/store/thumb/DT_145216_1.jpg" alt="Acer Laptop" width="80" height="52" border="0" /></p>
        <p align="center" class="style7">Hot Item #1</p>
        <p align="center" class="style4"><a href="http://bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=4&amp;catlvl=2&amp;catid=51148" class="style6">view more <br />
        like this</a></p>
        </td>
<td width="250" valign="top" bordercolor="#999999"><p><strong><span class="style1"><a href="http://Bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=5&amp;I=142439" class="style2">Acer EX5620-6830 Laptop 1.5GHz 1GB 200GB DL DVDRW WiFi</a></span></strong></p>
        <p><span class="style4 style1">Enjoy complete wireless integration and blazing-fast performance with this Intel Centrino Duo-equipped laptop. Connect to your home network or local hotspots and use the integrated Web cam and microphone to chat with friends and family</span><span class="style4">.</span><strong><a href="http://Bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=5&amp;I=142439" class="style2"><br />
          </a></strong></p></td>
<td>xxx</td>
<td>yyy</td>
<td>zzz</td>              
</tr>                 
</table>
 
 
 
<table class="borderLR  borderBottom" border="0">
<tr style="background-color:#fff;">
<td>aaa</td>
<td>bbb</td>
<td>ccc</td>
<td width="93" valign="top" bordercolor="#999999"><p><img src="http://images.dtdeals.com/store/thumb/DT_145216_1.jpg" alt="Acer Laptop" width="80" height="52" border="0" /></p>
        <p align="center" class="style7">Hot Item #1</p>
        <p align="center" class="style4"><a href="http://bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=4&amp;catlvl=2&amp;catid=51148" class="style6">view more <br />
        like this</a></p>
        </td>
<td width="250" valign="top" bordercolor="#999999"><p><strong><span class="style1"><a href="http://Bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=5&amp;I=142439" class="style2">Acer EX5620-6830 Laptop 1.5GHz 1GB 200GB DL DVDRW WiFi</a></span></strong></p>
        <p><span class="style4 style1">Enjoy complete wireless integration and blazing-fast performance with this Intel Centrino Duo-equipped laptop. Connect to your home network or local hotspots and use the integrated Web cam and microphone to chat with friends and family</span><span class="style4">.</span><strong><a href="http://Bestbuy.dtdeals.com/auction/index.cfm?P=5&amp;I=142439" class="style2"><br />
          </a></strong></p></td>
<td>xxx</td>
<td>yyy</td>
<td>zzz</td>              
</tr>                 
</table>
 
</body>
</html>
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gabrielPennyback
02.26.2008 at 10:33AM PST, ID: 20987204
Thanks!
 
 
 
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