Hi Mike, Because it's not a cascade issue.[1] It's an inheritance issue.[2] The CSS property border isn't an inherited property or in other words, doesn't apply to children elements.
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/cascade.html#cascade [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/cascade.html#inheritance Maurício Samy Silva http://www.maujor.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <css-d@lists.css-discuss.org> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [css-d] table class > Hi Ross, > There is a 'equal sign' missed in your HTML code: > <table class="signup_table"> > > In case the missed sign was a typo and you want a border around ALL cells > of > the table you must use the following CSS: > > table.signup_table { > border-collapse:collapse; > } > table.signup_table tr td { > border:1px solid green; > } > > -- > > Why doesn't applying a border to table cascade the way it should > enveloping > all of it's child elements, namely tr and td? > > Mike ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
