CSS Cell Margin

Question

In my HTML document, I have a table with two columns and multiple rows. How can I increase the space in between the first and second column with css? I\'ve tried applying \"

Answer 1

This solution work for td's that need both border and padding for styling.
(Tested on Chrome 32, IE 11, Firefox 25)

CSS:
table {border-collapse: separate; border-spacing:0; }   /*  separate needed      */
td { display: inline-block; width: 33% }  /*  Firefox need inline-block + width  */
td { position: relative }                 /*  needed to make td move             */
td { left: 10px; }                        /*  push all 10px                      */
td:first-child { left: 0px; }             /*  move back first 10px               */
td:nth-child(3) { left: 20px; }           /*  push 3:rd another extra 10px       */

/*  to support older browsers we need a class on the td's we want to push
    td.col1 { left: 0px; }
    td.col2 { left: 10px; }
    td.col3 { left: 20px; }
*/

HTML:

    

        
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Updated 2016

Firefox now support it without inline-block and a set width

table {border-collapse: separate; border-spacing:0; }
td { position: relative; padding: 5px; }
td { left: 10px; }
td:first-child { left: 0px; }
td:nth-child(3) { left: 20px; }
td { border: 1px solid gray; }


/* CSS table */
.table {display: table; }
.tr { display: table-row; }
.td { display: table-cell; }

.table { border-collapse: separate; border-spacing:0; }
.td { position: relative; padding: 5px; }
.td { left: 10px; }
.td:first-child { left: 0px; }
.td:nth-child(3) { left: 20px; }
.td { border: 1px solid gray; }

  

    
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