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I have one html-file & one css-file.
All works fine with the styles except for the element TABLE

When i write in the html-file

TABLE border="1" frame="box"

all works fine, but when i do the following in the html-file

TABLE class="mystyle"

and then in the css

TABLE.mystyle
{ border: 1;
frame: box;
}

The table stays without border and no frame


How come ?

Tora wrote:

> TABLE.mystyle
> { border: 1;
> frame: box;
> }

Perhaps:

table.mystyle {
border: 1px dotted blue;
}

or

table.mystyle {
border: 1px solid red;
}

or even

table.mystyle, table.mystyle td, table.mystyle th {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}


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Hello Toby,

Monday, September 8, 2003, 3:08:55 AM, you wrote:

TAI> Tora wrote:

>> TABLE.mystyle
>> { border: 1;
>> frame: box;
>> }

TAI> Perhaps:

TAI> table.mystyle {
TAI> border: 1px dotted blue;
TAI> }

To elaborate,
when specifying a border in css, you MUST specify more than just the
size attribute; you need to also specify a style { such as dotted,
dashed, solid } and, preferably, a color. Toby gave you some good
examples of how this can be done.

Allen

Allen wrote:

> when specifying a border in css, you MUST specify more than just the
> size attribute; you need to also specify a style { such as dotted,
> dashed, solid } and, preferably, a color.

Hmmm... it is possible to just specify a border width. The important thing
is to qualify your number (1) with a unit (em, px, ex, %, etc).

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Toby,

Monday, September 8, 2003, 2:07:07 PM, you wrote:

TAI> Allen wrote:

>> when specifying a border in css, you MUST specify more than just the
>> size attribute; you need to also specify a style { such as dotted,
>> dashed, solid } and, preferably, a color.

TAI> Hmmm... it is possible to just specify a border width. The important thing
TAI> is to qualify your number (1) with a unit (em, px, ex, %, etc).

Indeed, it is -possible-, but poor practice. My wording was
over-the-top, I'll admit. But if you want your page rendering to be
concise/consistent from browser to browser, platform to platform, it
is wise to specify specifics. While the css specifications DO outline
what SHOULD be used by default if no user-defined attributes are
specified, these are not always followed. IE is the biggest proponent
of bad-standards-compliance.

Be well.

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