How to add space around table border in HTML?

We use the CSS property border-spacing, to set border spacing for an HTML table. It adds space around the table border between the adjacent cells in a table. We should specify the value in pixels for the border-spacing property to add.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for adding space around table border in HTML.

border-spacing: 10px;

Example 1

Given below is an example where we are creating a table and trying to add spaces around it.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <style>
      table,tr,th,td {
         border:1px solid black;
         border-spacing: 10px;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <table style="width: 50%">
      <caption style="text-align: center; ">Employees</caption>
      <tr>
         <th>EmployeeName</th>
         <th>EmployeeId</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Yadav</td>
         <td>022</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Abdul</td>
         <td>025</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Jason</td>
         <td>208</td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

On executing the above program, it will generate the following example −

We should override the pixel value of the border-spacing property, to change the border-spacing of the table cells in HTML.

Example 2

Following is an another example for this −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
   <style>
      table,tr,th,td {
         border:1px solid black;
         border-spacing: 20px;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <table style="width: 50%">
      <caption style="text-align: center; ">Employees</caption>
         <tr>
            <th>EmployeeName</th>
            <th>EmployeeId</th>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Yadav</td>
            <td>022</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Abdul</td>
            <td>025</td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Jason</td>
            <td>208</td>
         </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Following is the output for the above example program.

Updated on: 18-Oct-2022

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