Background Padding not working

Hello,

I am applying a background to my table header.
I want the background to be applied to each table cell but having a
padding of 1px.
So, in each header cell the background will have a white line around
it not touching the border.

How can I do this?

I have the following but it is not working:

..Grid thead th
{
background: url(Images/GridHeaderBackground.jpg) repeat-x;
padding: 4px;
text-align: left;
}

Thank You,
Miguel

shapper schrieb:

I am applying a background to my table header.
I want the background to be applied to each table cell but having a
padding of 1px.
So, in each header cell the background will have a white line around
it not touching the border.

table {
border-collapse: collapse;
}
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On 2008-03-01, shapper <mdmoura (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Hello,

I am applying a background to my table header.
I want the background to be applied to each table cell but having a
padding of 1px.
So, in each header cell the background will have a white line around
it not touching the border.

How can I do this?

You can't. The background image goes right up to the border, that's just
the way it's defined.

You could edit the image to put a 1px white line at the bottom. Then
inside the <th> nest a div with 1px top left and right white borders.

This will work since your image is only repeat-x and not -y. But it
illustrates another problem which is that you don't know the height the
th is going to be (it depends on the user's font). But perhaps you don't
mind a bigger gap or no gap below the image.

I have the following but it is not working:

.Grid thead th { background: url(Images/GridHeaderBackground.jpg)
repeat-x; padding: 4px; text-align: left; }

Thank You, Miguel