line edges on tables

<td valign="top" style="border-right-color:#800080; border-top-color:#800080; border-top-width:thin; border-right-width:thin;">

correct me if i am wrong but isnt this code for putting a thin line on the right edge and the top edge of a table or am i missing the point here? if this doesnt do that then can anyone tell me what coding puts a line on certain edges/sides of a table (no cells/rows/columns, just a 1x1 table)

uh, why are you using a 1x1 table? The whole point of a table is that it has rows and columns you want a box

Are you just using a td on it's own, because that may very well be your problem.

The CSS is right although I prefer to use pixel widths for everything rather than keywords

sorry. i dont mean 1 pixel by 1 pixel table. that would be silly. i meant a table that looks like a box measuring 280 depth by 200 width. an iframe is inside the td. i want the td to have a line on its right side and at the top. is that possible?

i have tried using css but it just puts a thick line all round the whole page on all cells. so that aint right.

Yes I know you meant one cell, I just don't get why you would make a table with just a single cell.

Anyhoo I know what the problem is:

You have specified the thickness
You have specified the color

You have not specified that there should actuall be a border


so add:


or change the whole thing to:

managed to do it....cheers.

managed to get the dotted border up. but i find that the dotts are to close together. is there a way of spacing the dotts so they have some space?

dots

no. There isn't. Also the dotted line will display differently in different browsers. Same with dashed ones I'm afraid.

You can make the dots bigger, and that should space them further, but thats the best you can do