Cellpadding (along with cellspacing) is a term used in the computer language
HTML
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(Hypertext Markup Language). When used in conjunction with the
table
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element, it specifies the amount of space between the border of a table cell and its contents.
Cellpadding is an attribute of an individual cell in a table, so each cell in a table can be assigned its own cellpadding value, if not assigned however, the default value for cellpadding is 1. The cellpadding attribute was added to version 2.0 of the HTML language in 1996.
Space between text and borders is an important element of web page design, because it improves the readability of text and visual appeal of graphics in table cells. Cellpadding makes this possible, and
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experts emphasize the importance of carefully selecting the cellpadding values.
The same effect can be accomplished in
CSS.
How to set cellpadding and cellspacing in CSS?
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Presentational HTML elements such as cellpadding are becoming obsolete, as more and more web designers move to the use of CSS and other newer methods of creating web pages, available in HTML versions 5 and newer.
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