Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

BORDERCOLOR — NN 4 IE 3 HTML 4

Synopsis

BORDERCOLOR=”colorTripletOrName"

Optional

The colors used to render some of the pixels that create the illusion of borders around cells and the entire table. The BORDER attribute must have a nonzero value assigned for the color to appear. The 3-D effect of borders in Navigator and Internet Explorer is created by careful positioning of light (or white) and dark lines around the page’s background or default color (see Figure 8.4). Standard colors are usually shades of gray and white, depending on the browser.

Figure 8-4. Components of table border color

Applying color to a table border has a different effect in Navigator and Internet Explorer. In Navigator, the color is applied to what is normally the darker of the two shades used to create the border. Moreover, Navigator automatically adjusts the darkness of some of the lines to enhance the 3-D effect of the border. In contrast, Internet Explorer applies the color to all lines that make up the border. The net effect is to flatten the 3-D effect (refer to the BORDERCOLORDARK and BORDERCOLORLIGHT attributes to color borders and maintain the 3-D effect).

Example

<TABLE BORDERCOLOR="green" BORDER=2>...</TABLE>

Value

A hexadecimal triplet or plain-language color name. A setting of empty is interpreted as "#000000" (black). See Appendix A for acceptable plain-language color names.

Default

Varies with browser ...