Remove table borders?

Sessions, Keith (CTR) - OCIO-CEC, Kansas City, MO 26

Is there really no way to remove table borders in a modern SharePoint page? That just can't be true . . .

. . . can it?

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Dillon Silzer 57,556 Reputation points

2022-07-14T19:58:05.483+00:00
There is no out-of-box solution for doing so as mentioned by (Sukie Qi MSFT) on https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/remove-table-borders-from-table-in-sharepoint/16c76e84-5c71-4b89-afbe-d8acf64cea26

However, you can customize the theme in your SharePoint Site:

element { /* ... */ border-color: "[theme: themePrimary, default: transparent;]"; /* ... */ }

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/use-theme-colors-in-your-customizations
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Sessions, Keith (CTR) - OCIO-CEC, Kansas City, MO 26 Reputation points

2022-07-14T20:00:19.797+00:00

But won't that wipe out table borders throughout the entire site?

Dillon Silzer 57,556 Reputation points

2022-07-14T20:20:28.897+00:00

You could implement a solution where:

1: You choose tables who borders should be transparent as the option "Theme-colored plain"

2: You set the CSS for "Theme-colored plain" to border-color transparent, which will only affect tables that have this style:

table.simpleTableStyleTheme { /* ... */ border-color: "transparent!important;"; /* ... */ }

Result:

Christophe JACOB 10 Reputation points

2024-03-08T09:06:14.1466667+00:00

Here's another "Modern" SharePoint functionality that throws us back 15 years ago when we could do it with SharePoint 2010!!!

Morgan, Tim 5 Reputation points

2024-05-15T17:53:06.9433333+00:00

Agree with Christophe JACOB. Sharepoint web editor is horrible. Had to google how to single space text. Regretting ever starting this project.

Sessions, Keith (CTR) - OCIO-CEC, Kansas City, MO 26 Reputation points

2024-05-17T16:03:27.9833333+00:00

I'm shocked several times a day at how things that were once simple are now either super difficult or flat-out impossible. The "easier" SharePoint is made, the harder and less capable it becomes. Quite infuriating. And this isn't a new problem. It's been this way for YEARS.

I'm still waiting for Word bugs to be fixed that have been there for well over a decade.

Marek Zenisek | PUNCH 0 Reputation points

2024-06-07T16:42:36.5266667+00:00

Yes and +100 to all previous comments. Removing table border? Why don't you customise your website code! Are you serious?
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Billy 20 Reputation points

2024-07-30T06:21:35.0433333+00:00
I understand it has been some time, but the options for modifying tables in SP have not significantly changed.

However, there is a straightforward way to enhance tables by adding colors or removing borders. Here is a screenshot of tables pasted from Excel into a SP page:

Steps:

Create a table in Excel.

Format it as a table and add colors.

Select the unwanted borders and remove them.

I hope this helps a bit!
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