> Is this a cascading/specificity issue, or is it not possible to apply > classes to <tr> elements? > http://phidler.com/rosner/index3.html > http://phidler.com/rosner/index4.html (the bright yellow isn't a > design preference, just for testing the behavior) You define background for TH and TD first, then the one for TR. As TR does not have a content the background does not get applied, but the ones for the TH and TD still apply. Furthermore you cannot start classes with a digit, but should use a letter. So, tr.odd td, tr.odd th{ .... settings ... } will get applied th,td{ } tr.odd { .... } will not. Lots of table styling examples: http://icant.co.uk/csstablegallery/ -- Chris Heilmann Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com Writing: http://icant.co.uk/ Binaries: http://www.onlinetools.org/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL-REMOVED]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/