Adding style to CSS Table

Question

I'm echoing data out of my database into a <table>, however I'm trying to add a gradient line under each output, to show in-between each <tr> output row. But I can't get the CSS right on the <tr>.

I've managed to put together the design I want on a <hr> here: http://jsfiddle.net/ghrw3k8e/.

But I want it in-between my table rows (not columns).

My PHP output data:

echo " <tr> 
<td align='center'>".$1." </td> 
<td align='center'>".$2."</td> 
<td align='center'>".$3."</td>
 </tr> ";

does this answer your question?:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2597694/why-tr-not-taking-style — user786, May 24 '15 at 10:30
possible duplicate of [Border around specific rows in a table?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/670424/border-around-specific-rows-in-a-table) — sergdenisov, May 24 '15 at 10:52
I think this is not a duplicate question. He wants to draw a gradient border between the rows of a table. The solution here is not to use `outline` on each `` as you can not draw just the bottom or top part of that `outline`. Collapsing the borders should allow you to set borders on rows, but I think it's not possible to use `border-image` (even if prefixed) to draw a gradient border on a ``. You can only change the `border-style` value to: `none|hidden|dotted|dashed|solid|double|groove|ridge|inset|outset|initial|inherit`. — Danziger, May 24 '15 at 15:03

Danziger · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-24T16:55:31.023

Just use pseudo-elements. You will have to put that "border" on one <td> of each <tr>, so its width should be equal to 100 × number_of_columns % if they are all the same width:

table {
  width: 100%;
  border-collapse: collapse; 
}

td {
  position:relative;   
  width: 33.333333%;
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  text-align:center;
}

tr:not(:last-child) > td:first-child::after {
  content:"";
  position:absolute;
  bottom:-1px;
  left:0;
  height: 1px;
  width:300%;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(176,0,0,.8), rgba(0,0,0,0));
  background-image:    -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(176,0,0,.8), rgba(0,0,0,0));
  background-image:     -ms-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(176,0,0,.8), rgba(0,0,0,0));
  background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(176,0,0,.8), rgba(0,0,0,0));
}

<table>
  <tr><td>A</td><td>B</td><td>C</td></tr>
  <tr><td>D</td><td>E</td><td>F</td></tr>
  <tr><td>G</td><td>H</td><td>I</td></tr>
</table>

Although it may seem more logical to have it on the <tr>, it won't get positioned correctly, as you can read from the spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-position

The effect of 'position:relative' on table-row-group, table-header-group, table-footer-group, table-row, table-column-group, table-column, table-cell, and table-caption elements is undefined.

Here's the incorrect code. You can see that the ::after element is positioned at the very bottom of the page:

table {
  width: 100%;
  border-collapse: collapse;
}


tr{
  position:relative;    
}

td {
  width: 33.333333%;
  border: 1px solid transparent;
  text-align: center;
}


tr:not(:last-child)::after {
  content:"";
  position:absolute;
  bottom:-1px;
  left:0;
  height: 1px;
  width:300%;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(176,0,0,.8), rgba(0,0,0,0));
  background-image:    -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(176,0,0,.8), rgba(0,0,0,0));
  background-image:     -ms-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(176,0,0,.8), rgba(0,0,0,0));
  background-image:      -o-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0,0,0,0), rgba(176,0,0,.8), rgba(0,0,0,0));
}

<table>
  <tr><td>A</td><td>B</td><td>C</td></tr>
  <tr><td>D</td><td>E</td><td>F</td></tr>
  <tr><td>G</td><td>H</td><td>I</td></tr>
</table>

Perfect, exactly what I wanted, thank you!! - The only problem I'm facing is it's expanding the width of the second '' and pushing the 6th & 7th '' to the side of the element with about 15% of the normal size — Shanie93, May 24 '15 at 16:10
Then you mean ``, not ``. What `width` have you set the ``s to? In my example it's `33.333333%` because there are 3 of them per row. In your case it should be `100/7 = 14.285714%` or you can also set that in pixels if the table has a fixed width. — Danziger, May 24 '15 at 16:54
Yeah I got it now, sorry I didn't post, was distracted with the next task at hand, thanks for the reply/help though Dan!! Much appreciated. — Shanie93, May 24 '15 at 17:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '15 at 10:55

You can insert an extra row for each line.

hr.soften {
  height: 1px;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(176, 0, 0, .8), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(176, 0, 0, .8), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
  background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(176, 0, 0, .8), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(left, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0), rgba(176, 0, 0, .8), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0));
  border: 0;
}
td {
  width: 200px;
}

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>A</td>
    <td>B</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <hr class="soften" />
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>A</td>
    <td>B</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <hr class="soften" />
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>A</td>
    <td>B</td>
  </tr>
</table>

This is adding only a new column with the '
' embedded. My output data which I want the line to show inbetween is: echo " ".$1." ".$2." ".$3." "; — Shanie93, May 24 '15 at 11:22
You should use `position: relative` on the `` containing the `
` and `position: absolute` on the `
` to extend it across all the columns or use the `colspan` attribute on the ``. However, I think that's not entirely semantically correct. — Danziger, May 24 '15 at 14:23

Adding style to CSS Table

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