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TD padding

I have one table that I want the style to have padding of 3 points on all 4 points. If I put this in the td style, it works. If I put it in a class and add it to the td coding, it doesn't. If I put it in a style and add to coding, it doesn't. HOw do I fix this?

Doesn't work:

 <td valign="top" align="left" width="100%" style="padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;">

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doesn't work:

<td valign="top" align="left" class="tdHome">

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.tdHome td
{
    vertical-align: top;
    padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;
}

or 

#tdHome td
{
    vertical-align: top;
    padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;
}

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Does work:

td
{
    vertical-align: top;
    padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px;
}

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But I don't want to put it in the 'td' because I only want the padding for THIS table, not for every table.

thanks.

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MelMc

Also, if you specifically want 3px and no more, you should add cellPadding="0" within your <table> tag

Starr Duskk

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Sorry. I failed to mention I had already tried that, and I just tried it again. It doesn't work. This is what I have:

td
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    font-style: inherit;
    font-size: 100%;
    font-family: inherit;
    vertical-align: baseline;
    vertical-align: top;
    text-align: left;
    font-weight: normal;
}

.tdHome
{
        text-align: left;
    vertical-align: top !important;
    padding: 3px 3px 3px 3px !important;
}

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Here is my table:

                    <table width="1075px" >
                        <tr>
                            <td valign="top" align="left" class="tdHome">
                                <div id="swishmenu">
                                    <uc:MenuPanelBar ID="MenuPanelBar" runat="server" />
                                    <asp:Label ID="lblError" runat="server"></asp:Label>
                                </div>
                            </td>
                            <td valign="top" align="left" width="100%"  class="tdHome">
                                <div class="swishtext">
                                    <asp:ContentPlaceHolder ID="ContentPlaceHolder1" runat="server">
                                    </asp:ContentPlaceHolder>
                                </div>
                            </td>
                            <td valign="top" align="center" width="15"  class="tdHome">
                                <asp:Panel ID="panPrintablePage" runat="server">
                                    <uc:PrintablePageIcon ID="PrintablePageIcon" runat="server" />
                                </asp:Panel>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </table>

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Starr Duskk

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As I indicated. It simply is not working with my code.

It only works if I put those values in the "td" CSS, and then it applies to every table, not just the on table. My .tdHome class does not override or do anything. It's as though it doesn't exist. It only does with the "td" does.

Oh well. Thanks to everyone anyway.

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Starr Duskk

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Yes, I did in my original example, and Ironhoofs explained that. Thanks both of you for the explanation. Sadly, it doesn't help my situation.

But in my next example, I indicated that I failed to mention that I had already tried .tdHome by itself, and I again demonstrated the example code I am using showing that I used class="tdHome" and the CSS.

So yes, I've tried what the final recommendations are, shown the source code, and it isn't working for me. So I don't know why mine is failing. It should work. That's what I had tried in the first place, but after trying everything else, failed to report that in my initial post.

Anyway, thanks all. Everything I have tried should work, but it is not. Frustrating. I'll close this out.

Ironhoofs

Styles will sometimes not be applied correctly because of errors in the HTML or CSS. Do you have a working URL where we could see the problem? If not, the full CSS en HTML (not the ASP.NET code) should be sufficient...

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Starr Duskk

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found reason for problem.