empty-cells | NN 6 IE n/a CSS 2
| Inherited: Yes
Controls whether an empty td element shows its borders and background in a table. Surrounding cells don't change position when an empty cell is hidden. Instead, the cell is essentially transparent, allowing the table's background to show through in the space.
CSS Syntax
    empty-cells: show | hide
Value
One of two constants: show | hide .
Initial Value
The CSS specification calls for a default value of show, but Netscape 6 renders as if the default is hide when running in quirks mode (i.e., specifying older DTDs in the DOCTYPE element).
Example
    td {border: salmon inset 3px; empty-cells: hide}
Applies To
td elements.