The empty-cells property controls whether borders and backgrounds are drawn around empty table cells in separated-borders mode. An empty cell contains neither text nor an element nor a background. Has no effect in collapsed-borders mode.table {
empty-cells: hide;
}.sparse-data {
empty-cells: hide;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
border-spacing: 4px;
}showBorders and backgrounds are drawn around empty cells (default).hideNo borders or backgrounds around empty cells — they are visually hidden.CSS Table Module Level 3Working DraftW3CMDN