Which attribute of table sets the width, in pixel, between the edge of cell…
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Which attribute of table sets the width, in pixel, between the edge of cell and its contents?
Answer: A. Cellpadding — ConceptIn classic HTML table markup, white space around cell content is governed by two attributes written on the <table> element, and they are told apart by…
- A.
Cellpadding
- B.
Cellspacing
- C.
Cols
- D.
Rows
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Correct answer: A
Concept
In classic HTML table markup, white space around cell content is governed by two attributes written on the <table> element, and they are told apart by which side of the cell border the space falls on. Space enclosed within a cell's own border is the cell's internal padding; space lying outside the border is what separates one cell from the next. Both attributes take their value as a number of pixels.
Applying it to this question
The stem asks for the width, in pixels, between the edge (border) of a cell and its contents — that is space lying inside the border, so it is the cell's internal padding. Classic table markup exposes internal padding as the cellpadding attribute. Writing <table cellpadding="10"> makes every cell hold its content 10 pixels away from its own border on all four sides.
The four attributes side by side
Attribute | Written on | What its value means |
|---|---|---|
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| pixels between a cell's border and its content (inside the border) |
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| pixels between the borders of neighbouring cells (outside the border) |
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| how many character columns wide the text box is (a count, not pixels) |
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| how many rows of text tall the text box is (a count, not pixels) |
Cross-check
Modern CSS replaces both table attributes, and the replacement confirms the split: internal space becomes the padding property on td and th, while the gap between cells becomes border-spacing on the table. Since padding is what moves a cell's text away from its own border, the attribute the stem describes is cellpadding. Note that the names cols and rows also appear on the obsolete <frameset> element, where each takes a comma-separated list of frame sizes such as "20%,80%" rather than a single count; either way they size a whole element and never the space inside a table cell.