HTMLTableElement: rules property

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

The HTMLTableElement.rules property indicates which cell borders to render in the table.

Value

One of the following:

none

No rules

groups

Lines between groups only

rows

Lines between rows

cols

Lines between cols

all

Lines between all cells

Examples

js
// Turn on all the internal borders of a table
const t = document.getElementById("TableID");
t.rules = "all";

Specifications

  • W3C DOM 2 HTML Specification

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser