Using CSS how to change only the 2nd column of a table

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Using css only  how can I override the css of only the 2nd column of a table    I can get to all of the columns using    countTable table table td   I can not get to the html on this page to modify it since it is not my site   Thanks

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Try this    countTable table tr td first-child   td   You could also reiterate in order to style the others columns    countTable table tr td first-child   td   td          third column     countTable table tr td first-child   td   td   td          fourth column     countTable table tr td first-child   td   td   td  td          fifth column

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You can use the  nth-child pseudo class like this    countTable table table td nth-child 2    Note though  this won t work in older browsers  or IE   you ll need to give the cells a class or use javascript in that case

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on this web http   quirksmode org css css2 columns html i found that easy way   lt table gt   lt col style  background-color   6374AB  color   ffffff    gt   lt col span  2  style  background-color   07B133  color   ffffff     gt   lt tr gt

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You could designate a class for each cell in the second column    lt table gt   lt tr gt  lt td gt Column 1 lt  td gt  lt td class  col2  gt Col 2 lt  td gt  lt  tr gt   lt tr gt  lt td gt Column 1 lt  td gt  lt td class  col2  gt Col 2 lt  td gt  lt  tr gt   lt tr gt  lt td gt Column 1 lt  td gt  lt td class  col2  gt Col 2 lt  td gt  lt  tr gt   lt tr gt  lt td gt Column 1 lt  td gt  lt td class  col2  gt Col 2 lt  td gt  lt  tr gt   lt  table gt

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To change only the second column of a table use the following   General Case   table td   td      this will go to the 2nd column of a table directly     background red      Your case    countTable table table td   td    background  red      Note  this works for all browsers  Modern and old ones  that s why I added my answer to an old question

[css] Using CSS how to change only the 2nd column of a table

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