HTML | DOM Style borderSpacing Property

Last Updated : 30 Jul, 2019

The DOM Style borderSpacing Property is used to set or return the spacing between the cells in a table.

Syntax:

To get the borderSpacing property
```
object.style.borderSpacing
```

To set the borderSpacing property

object.style.borderSpacing = "length | initial | inherit"

Property Values

length: This is used to specify the length between in the cells in fixed units. Negative values are not allowed. The default value is 0.
initial: This is used to set the property to its default value.
inherit: This is used to inherit the value from the element’s parent.

Some examples demonstrating these values are shown below:
Example-1: Using one value to specify both the horizontal and vertical spacing together.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>DOM Style BorderSpacing</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <b>DOM Style BorderSpacing</b>
  
    <table id="table" border="1">
        <tr>
            <th>Author</th>
            <th>Articles</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>John</td>
            <td>100</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Sam</td>
            <td>50</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Rony</td>
            <td>230</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <br>
  
    <button type="button" onclick="changeSpacing()">
      Change border spacing
    </button>
  
    <script>
        function changeSpacing() {
            elem = document.querySelector("#table");
  
            // setting the border spacing
            elem.style.borderSpacing = "10px";
        }
    </script>
  
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Before clicking the button:

before

After clicking the button:

single-after

Example-2: Using two values to specify the horizontal and vertical spacing separately.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>DOM Style BorderSpacing</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <b>DOM Style BorderSpacing</b>
  
    <table id="table" border="1">
        <tr>
            <th>Author</th>
            <th>Articles</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>John</td>
            <td>100</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Sam</td>
            <td>50</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Rony</td>
            <td>230</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <br>
  
    <button type="button" onclick="changeSpacing()">
      Change border spacing
    </button>
  
    <script>
        function changeSpacing() {
            elem = document.querySelector("#table");
  
            // setting the border spacing
            elem.style.borderSpacing = "20px 5px";
        }
    </script>
  
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Before clicking the button:

before

After clicking the button:

double-val-after

Example-3: Using the initial value.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>DOM Style BorderSpacing</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <b>DOM Style BorderSpacing</b>
  
    <table id="table" border="1">
        <tr>
            <th>Author</th>
            <th>Articles</th>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>John</td>
            <td>100</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Sam</td>
            <td>50</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Rony</td>
            <td>230</td>
        </tr>
    </table>
    <br>
  
    <button type="button" onclick="changeSpacing()">
      Change border spacing
    </button>
  
    <script>
        function changeSpacing() {
            elem = document.querySelector("#table");
  
            // setting the border spacing
            elem.style.borderSpacing = "initial";
        }
    </script>
  
</body>
  
</html>

Output:

Before clicking the button:

before

After clicking the button:

initial-after

Example-4: Using the inherit value.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>DOM Style BorderSpacing</title>
    <style>
  
         /* setting the border spacing of the parent */
        #parent {
                border-spacing: 10px;
         }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <b>DOM Style BorderSpacing</b>
    <div id="parent">
        <table id="table" border="1">
            <tr>
                <th>Author</th>
                <th>Articles</th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>John</td>
                <td>100</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Sam</td>
                <td>50</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Rony</td>
                <td>230</td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </div>
    <br>
  
    <button type="button" onclick="changeSpacing()">
      Change border spacing
    </button>
  
    <script>
        function changeSpacing() {
            elem = document.querySelector("#table");
  
            // setting the border spacing
            elem.style.borderSpacing = "inherit";
        }
    </script>
  
</body>
  
</html>