How to set cell padding in HTML?

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

We use the inline style attribute, to set cell padding in HTML. Cell padding is the space between cell borders of the table and the content within a cell of the table. The style attribute is used inside the HTML <table> tag, with the CSS property called padding with a specified value in pixels.

Syntax

Following is the syntax to set cell padding in HTML.

<th style="padding: 40px">table header </th>

Example

Following is an example program to set cell padding in HTML.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      table, th, td {
         border: 1px solid black;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <h1>Programming Language</h1>
   <table>
      <tr>
         <th style="padding:10px">Language</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td style="padding:10px">Ruby</td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Example

Following is another example program to set cell padding in HTML.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <style>
      table,tr,th,td {
         border:1px solid black;
      }
   </style>
<body>
   <h2>Tables in HTML</h2>
   <table style="width: 100%">
      <tr>
         <th style="padding: 40px">Name </th>
         <th>Job role</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Tharun</td>
         <td style="padding: 10px">Content writer</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Akshaj</td>
         <td style="padding: 10px">Content writer</td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>

Example

Following is one more example program to set cell padding in HTML.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <style>
      table, th, td {
         border: 1px solid black;
         border-collapse: collapse;
      }
      th, td {
         padding-top: 10px;
         padding-bottom: 20px;
         padding-left: 30px;
         padding-right: 40px;
      }
   </style>
</head>
<body>
   <table style="width:60%">
      <tr>
         <th>Firstname</th>
         <th>Lastname</th>
         <th>salary</th>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>John</td>
         <td>Smith</td>
         <td>50,000</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Eva</td>
         <td>Jackson</td>
         <td>94,000</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <td>Mike</td>
         <td>Doe</td>
         <td>80,000</td>
      </tr>
   </table>
</body>
</html>