How can I apply a border only inside a table?

Question

I am trying to figure out how to add border only inside the table. When I do:

table {
    border: 0;
}
table td, table th {
    border: 1px solid black;
}


        

Answer 1

For ordinary table markup, here's a short solution that works on all devices/browsers on BrowserStack, except IE 7 and below:

table { border-collapse: collapse; }

td + td,
th + th { border-left: 1px solid; }
tr + tr { border-top: 1px solid; }

For IE 7 support, add this:

tr + tr > td,
tr + tr > th { border-top: 1px solid; }

A test case can be seen here: http://codepen.io/dalgard/pen/wmcdE

Answer 2

Due to mantain compatibility with ie7, ie8 I suggest using first-child and not last-child to doing this:

table tr td{border-top:1px solid #ffffff;border-left:1px solid #ffffff;}

table tr td:first-child{border-left:0;}

table tr:first-child td{border-top:0;}

You can learn about CSS 2.1 Pseudo-classes at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc351024(VS.85).aspx

Answer 3

If you are doing what I believe you are trying to do, you'll need something a little more like this:

table {
  border-collapse: collapse;
}
table td, table th {
  border: 1px solid black;
}
table tr:first-child th {
  border-top: 0;
}
table tr:last-child td {
  border-bottom: 0;
}
table tr td:first-child,
table tr th:first-child {
  border-left: 0;
}
table tr td:last-child,
table tr th:last-child {
  border-right: 0;
}

jsFiddle Demo

The problem is that you are setting a 'full border' around all the cells, which make it appear as if you have a border around the entire table.

Cheers.

EDIT: A little more info on those pseudo-classes can be found on quirksmode, and, as to be expected, you are pretty much S.O.L. in terms of IE support.