border-spacing

Determines the distance between the borders of adjacent table cells. Note that this property only works if 'border-collapse' is set to 'separate'.

It is documented as part of the CSS Table specification.

/* Usage Example */
table {
  border-collapse: separate;
  /* horizontal spacing | vertical spacing */
  border-spacing: 10px 5px;
}

/* Global values */
border-spacing: inherit;
border-spacing: initial;
border-spacing: revert;
border-spacing: revert-layer;
border-spacing: unset;
Widely available Since 2015 96% global usage

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It has been available across browsers since 2015.

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