Menu
×
   ❮     
HTML CSS JAVASCRIPT SQL PYTHON JAVA PHP HOW TO W3.CSS C C++ C# BOOTSTRAP REACT MYSQL JQUERY EXCEL XML DJANGO NUMPY PANDAS NODEJS R TYPESCRIPT ANGULAR GIT POSTGRESQL MONGODB ASP AI GO KOTLIN SASS VUE DSA GEN AI SCIPY AWS CYBERSECURITY DATA SCIENCE
     ❯   

HTML Tutorial

HTML HOME HTML Introduction HTML Editors HTML Basic HTML Elements HTML Attributes HTML Headings HTML Paragraphs HTML Styles HTML Formatting HTML Quotations HTML Comments HTML Colors HTML CSS HTML Links HTML Images HTML Favicon HTML Page Title HTML Tables HTML Lists HTML Block & Inline HTML Div HTML Classes HTML Id HTML Iframes HTML JavaScript HTML File Paths HTML Head HTML Layout HTML Responsive HTML Computercode HTML Semantics HTML Style Guide HTML Entities HTML Symbols HTML Emojis HTML Charsets HTML URL Encode HTML vs. XHTML

HTML Forms

HTML Forms HTML Form Attributes HTML Form Elements HTML Input Types HTML Input Attributes Input Form Attributes

HTML Graphics

HTML Canvas HTML SVG

HTML Media

HTML Media HTML Video HTML Audio HTML Plug-ins HTML YouTube

HTML APIs

HTML Geolocation HTML Drag/Drop HTML Web Storage HTML Web Workers HTML SSE

HTML Examples

HTML Examples HTML Editor HTML Quiz HTML Exercises HTML Website HTML Interview Prep HTML Bootcamp HTML Certificate HTML Summary HTML Accessibility

HTML References

HTML Tag List HTML Attributes HTML Global Attributes HTML Browser Support HTML Events HTML Colors HTML Canvas HTML Audio/Video HTML Doctypes HTML Character Sets HTML URL Encode HTML Lang Codes HTTP Messages HTTP Methods PX to EM Converter Keyboard Shortcuts

HTML Table Styling


Use CSS to make your tables look better.


HTML Table - Zebra Stripes

If you add a background color on every other table row, you will get a nice zebra stripes effect.

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20

To style every other table row element, use the :nth-child(even) selector like this:

Example

tr:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: #D6EEEE;
}
Try it Yourself »

Note: If you use (odd) instead of (even), the styling will occur on row 1,3,5 etc. instead of 2,4,6 etc.


HTML Table - Vertical Zebra Stripes

To make vertical zebra stripes, style every other column, instead of every other row.

1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20

Set the :nth-child(even) for table data elements like this:

Example

td:nth-child(even), th:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: #D6EEEE;
}
Try it Yourself »

Note: Put the :nth-child() selector on both th and td elements if you want to have the styling on both headers and regular table cells.



Combine Vertical and Horizontal Zebra Stripes

You can combine the styling from the two examples above and you will have stripes on every other row and every other column.

If you use a transparent color you will get an overlapping effect.

                 
                 
                 
                 
                 

Use an rgba() color to specify the transparency of the color:

Example

tr:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: rgba(150, 212, 212, 0.4);
}

th:nth-child(even),td:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: rgba(150, 212, 212, 0.4);
}
Try it Yourself »

Horizontal Dividers

First Name Last Name Savings
Peter Griffin $100
Lois Griffin $150
Joe Swanson $300

If you specify borders only at the bottom of each table row, you will have a table with horizontal dividers.

Add the border-bottom property to all tr elements to get horizontal dividers:

Example

tr {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}
Try it Yourself »

Hoverable Table

Use the :hover selector on tr to highlight table rows on mouse over:

First Name Last Name Savings
Peter Griffin $100
Lois Griffin $150
Joe Swanson $300

Example

tr:hover {background-color: #D6EEEE;}
Try it Yourself »


×

Contact Sales

If you want to use W3Schools services as an educational institution, team or enterprise, send us an e-mail:
sales@w3schools.com

Report Error

If you want to report an error, or if you want to make a suggestion, send us an e-mail:
help@w3schools.com

W3Schools is optimized for learning and training. Examples might be simplified to improve reading and learning. Tutorials, references, and examples are constantly reviewed to avoid errors, but we cannot warrant full correctness of all content. While using W3Schools, you agree to have read and accepted our terms of use, cookie and privacy policy.

Copyright 1999-2024 by Refsnes Data. All Rights Reserved. W3Schools is Powered by W3.CSS.