[html] Html: Difference between cell spacing and cell padding

What is the difference between cell spacing and cell padding?

Cell padding

is used for formatting purpose which is used to specify the space needed between the edges of the cells and also in the cell contents. The general format of specifying cell padding is as follows:

< table width="100" border="2" cellpadding="5">

The above adds 5 pixels of padding inside each cell .

Cell Spacing:

Cell spacing is one also used f formatting but there is a major difference between cell padding and cell spacing. It is as follows: Cell padding is used to set extra space which is used to separate cell walls from their contents. But in contrast cell spacing is used to set space between cells.

CellSpacing as the name suggests it is the Space between the Adjacent cells and CellPadding on the other hand means the padding around the cell content.

This is the simple answer I can give.

Cell spacing and margin is the space between cells.

Cell padding is space inside cells, between the cell border (even if invisible) and the cell content, such as text.

Cellpadding is the amount of space between the outer edges of the table cell and the content of the cell.

Cellspacing is the amount of space in between the individual table cells.

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