# Simple HTML cellpadding/spacing IE 6.0

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**Created:** [January 27, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-html-cellpadding-spacing-ie-6-0/12157 "2003-01-27T18:54:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![shoegaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@shoegaze](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shoegaze)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-html-cellpadding-spacing-ie-6-0/12157/1 "2003-01-27T18:54:59Z")

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ok wtf?

why am i getting borders around my cells when i have my cellpadding and spacing set to zero?

Is this a browser version issue?

call me crazy, but I know it wasn’t like this in the past.

please peep :

[http://www.welovewinter.com/2003/index2.html](http://www.welovewinter.com/2003/index2.html)

i did notice when on newer browsers there are issue with nested tables… and having a space in my html affects the cell area… what’s that about?? and im using notepad…

im clueless, someone please help

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-html-cellpadding-spacing-ie-6-0/12157/2 "2003-01-27T19:01:04Z")

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_table border=“0” cellspacing=“0” cellpadding=“0”_

replace \* with \< and \>

you **have** to set your border equal to 0

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-html-cellpadding-spacing-ie-6-0/12157/3 "2003-01-27T19:20:03Z")

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DOH nevermind everyone…

actually i typed in cellpadding twice and left out a cellspacing on one of the tables…

but yea… that border thing also… i always forget, now that it doesn’t show the borders by default…

sheesh, its always lil stuff that drives me mad…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-html-cellpadding-spacing-ie-6-0/12157/4 "2003-01-27T19:26:49Z")

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by nature we only look for the big things while the smaller more important things pass us by.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/simple-html-cellpadding-spacing-ie-6-0/12157/5 "2003-01-27T19:32:29Z")

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yeah like semicolons in php, or any programming lang 😛
