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HtmlTable.CellSpacing Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets or sets the amount of space (in pixels) between adjacent cells in the HtmlTable control.

public int CellSpacing { get; set; }

Property Value

Int32

The amount of space (in pixels) between adjacent cells in the HtmlTable control. The default value is -1, which indicates that this property is not set.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the CellSpacing property to programmatically control the spacing of cells in the HtmlTable control.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void Button_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
  {

    // Set the HtmlTable properties according to the
    // user selections.
    Table1.CellSpacing = Convert.ToInt32(SpacingSelect.Value);
    Table1.CellPadding = Convert.ToInt32(PaddingSelect.Value);
    Table1.Align = AlignSelect.Value;

  }

</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
   <title>HtmlTable Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>HtmlTable Example</h3>

      <table id="Table1" 
             style="border-width:1; border-color:Black"
             runat="server">

         <tr>
            <th>
               Column 1
            </th>
            <th>
               Column 2
            </th>
            <th>
               Column 3
            </th>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>
               Cell 1
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 2
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 3
            </td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>
               Cell 4
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 5
            </td>
            <td>
               Cell 6
            </td>
         </tr>

      </table>
      
      <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />
      
      <hr />

      Select the display settings: <br /><br />

      Align:
      <select id="AlignSelect" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="Left">Left</option>
         <option value="Center">Center</option>
         <option value="Right">Right</option>
        
      </select>

        

      CellPadding:
      <select id="PaddingSelect" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="0">0</option>
         <option value="1">1</option>
         <option value="2">2</option>
         <option value="3">3</option>
         <option value="4">4</option>
         <option value="5">5</option>

      </select>

        

      CellSpacing:
      <select id="SpacingSelect" 
              runat="server">

         <option value="0">0</option>
         <option value="1">1</option>
         <option value="2">2</option>
         <option value="3">3</option>
         <option value="4">4</option>
         <option value="5">5</option>

      </select>
       
      <br /><br />
  
      <input type="button" 
             value="Generate Table"
             onserverclick="Button_Click" 
             runat="server"/>

   </form>

</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the CellSpacing property to control the spacing between individual cells in the HtmlTable control. This spacing is applied both vertically and horizontally.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1

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