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In a table with a structure like this:

	20X0	20X1	20X2	20X3	20X4	20X5	20X6	20X7	20X8	20X9
10s	normal line extra line

is it possible to make the text "extra line" have a white background?EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   13:44, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

It might be easier regardless if I redesign it slightly thus:

	20X0	20X1	20X2	20X3	20X4	20X5	20X6	20X7	20X8	20X9
00s		first line
		second line

Could someone help me get rid of the visible line in between the two rows please? EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   14:32, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

Maybe a way to make the line white? Iggyvolz 15:30, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

If that's the easiest/only available option it would certainly do. Sometimes the line would need to be a colour other than white so something that hides the line would be preferable. Other than that as long as I can customise the colour for each part of the line individually that would be fine. EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   16:07, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

	20X0	20X1	20X2	20X3	20X4	20X5	20X6	20X7	20X8	20X9
00s		first line
		second line

I didn't make the line white, I made the cell after "first line" span 2 rows. -- Fandyllic (talk · contr) 22 Feb 2012 8:42 AM Pacific

Thanks, but that hasn't hidden the line between "first line" and "second line". Is it possible to hide or make this line white? Or perhaps the original querry is possible? EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   16:56, February 22, 2012 (UTC)

I hoped someone would have come up with a solution by now :( To change sliightly what I said yesterday in reply to Iggyvolz, what I want is actually just three looks - all white cells, all single-coloured cells (both of which can be done with row-span in the second method), and cells with the top half coloured and the bottom half white. So, yes, if the line can be made to go white that would definitely do the trick. Can anyone help, please? EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   13:39, February 23, 2012 (UTC)

Although, when I say "white" I actually mean the standard colour the table cells come in. If the grid lines can only be changed to white though, it wouldn't be a problem to make the cells white, too. In fact, every reference to "white" on this page ought to be read as "clear"! Sorry about that! EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   13:43, February 23, 2012 (UTC)

Or maybe the cell can be changed to gray, so it blends in with the line? Iggyvolz 15:49, February 23, 2012 (UTC)

The problem with that is the blank cells will be darker than I'd intended (which is important as there needs to be a distinction between 'empty' cells and 'filled-in' cells), and it will also in the process hide the vertical lines, which I'd like to keep.

Why did you ask yesterday "Maybe a way to make the line white?" if you don't actually know a way of doing this? It's a solution I've said is suitable, yet you seem unable to tell me how to do it? :(

OK, I've got to this so far:

	20X0	20X1	20X2	20X3	20X4	20X5	20X6	20X7	20X8	20X9
00s		first line
		second line

Can someone help me do it so that only the bottom line is made white, please? EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   19:03, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

In the table above, you have given the cell with a blue background the following style: border: 1px solid white;

Change that to border-bottom: 1px solid white; --Gardimuer ^{ ʈalk } 22:35, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Great, thanks!...Except I've made the same "white" mistake again! Can anybody tell me what shade of grey the unfilled cells default colour actually is, please? EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   22:46, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

::Or is it an optical illusion - it doesn't look white, yet I've removed the colour code for the bottom cell and it seems to match the white line! Does anyone know for sure if the cells come with a natural tint? EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   22:58, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

It can't be an optical illusion because you can see a feint tint even in the empty right hand part of the table! I think I'll ask elsewhere though! EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   23:20, February 27, 2012 (UTC)

Solution: With thanks to Gardimuer

	20X0	20X1	20X2	20X3	20X4	20X5	20X6	20X7	20X8	20X9
00s		first line
		second line

The line between the two cells now matches the bottom cell. Although having looked at it I now realise that in fact it looks better if the line matches the filled in cell, so everything after "Great, thanks!" was actually a waste of time! At least the solution is out there should anyone else wish to do it this way! EmmerdaleWiki  Talk   02:39, February 28, 2012 (UTC)