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Chapter 8: More Cascading Style Sheets 322 The rule for the <table> element uses a width property to fix the width of the table to 350 pixels; otherwise, it would take up as much of the screen as needed to show as much text as possible on one line. The... More

Chapter 8: More Cascading Style Sheets 322 The rule for the <table> element uses a width property to fix the width of the table to 350 pixels; otherwise, it would take up as much of the screen as needed to show as much text as possible on one line. The rule for the <table> element also has a border property set, which creates a single-pixel border all around the table. Note, however, that none of the other cells in the table inherits this property. The rule that applies to the <caption> element has its font-weight, border, and text-align properties set. By default the text is normal (not bold), aligned in the center, and without a border. The rule that applies to the <th> element sets the height of the headings to 50 pixels, and the text is aligned left (rather than centered, which is the default). There is a rule that applies to both the <th> and <td> elements, and this indicates that both should have a padding property set to 5px so that the content of the cells does not touch Less