cellpadding Cell Padding (NISO JATS table model)

Amount of space, measured in pixels, between the border of a cell and the contents of a table cell. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHTML cellpadding attribute.)

Usage/Remarks

Best Practice

Although the Tag Set can enforce only that this attribute contain any text, numbers, or special characters, best practice is to constrain this value to a counting number (positive integer).
OPTIONAL on element: <table>
Value Meaning
Counting number Thickness, measured in pixels, of the cell padding.
Restriction @cellpadding is an optional attribute; there is no XML default. The typical browser default is “1” pixel.