styling the last td in a table with css

Question

I want to style the last TD in a table without using a CSS class on the particular TD.

<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>One</td>
      <td>Two</td>
      <td>Three</td>
      <td>Four</td>
      <td>Five</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

table td 
{ 
  border: 1px solid black;
}

I want the TD containing the text "Five" to not have a border but again, i do not want to use a class.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use relative rules:

table td + td + td + td + td {
  border: none;
}

This only works if the number of columns isn't determined at runtime.

Answer 2

:last-child selector should do it, but it's not supported in any version of IE.

I'm afraid you have no choice but to use a class.

Answer 3

Javascript is the only viable way to do this client side (that is, CSS won't help you). In jQuery:

$("table td:last").css("border", "none");

Answer 4

you could use the last-child psuedo class

table tr td:last-child {
    border: none;
}

This will style the last row only. It's not fully supported yet so it may be unsuitable

Answer 5

Not a direct answer to your question, but using <tfoot> might help you achieve what you need, and of course you can style tfoot.

Answer 6

If you are already using javascript take a look at jQuery. It supports a browser independent "last-child" selector and you can do something like this.

$("tr:last-child").css({border:"none"})

Answer 7

For IE, how about using a CSS expression:

<style type="text/css">
table td { 
  h: expression(this.style.border = (this == this.parentNode.lastChild ? 'none' : '1px solid #000' ) );
}
</style>

Answer 8

You can use the col element as specified in HTML 4.0 (link). It works in every browser. You can give it an ID or a class or an inline style. only caveat is that it affects the whole column across all rows. Example:

<table>
    <col />
    <col width="50" />
    <col id="anId" />
    <col class="whatever" />
    <col style="border:1px solid #000;" />
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>One</td>
            <td>Two</td>
            <td>Three</td>
            <td>Four</td>
            <td>Five</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Answer 9

how can we use an image insted of borders using this expressions in the css files

Answer 10

In jQuery, provided the table is created either statically or dynamically prior to the following being executed:

$("table tr td:not(:last-child)").css({ "border-right":"1px solid #aaaaaa" });

Just adds a right border to every cell in a table row except the last cell.

Answer 11

There is also a different approach.. and this would work for tables that aren't static... basically use <th> instead of <td> for that column:

<style type="text/css">
 table td { border: 1px solid black; }
 table th { border: 0px; }
<style>
<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>One</td>
      <td>Two</td>
      <td>Three</td>
      <td>Four</td>
      <th>Five</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>One</td>
      <td>Two</td>
      <td>Three</td>
      <td>Four</td>
      <th>Five</th>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>