how to break a line or space in between two rows of the html table

Question

I need to give space or break between two rows, so that my page will looks good.

if you look my code i had given many empty rows and column to make a space between two rows in the table.

Please say any other proper way to give space between two rows.

here is my sample code:

<form:form name="form" method="post" modelAttribute="Abatch">

 <table>
<tr>
    <td>Please enter your comments</td>
    <td><form:textarea id="textarea" style="width:150%;height:150%" path="Comments" size="255" readonly="false" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
<tr><td></td></tr>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>     
   <td><input id="button1"   type="submit" name="submit" value="Approve"/></td>
   <td><input id="button4"  type="submit" name="submit" value="Reject"/></td>

  </tr>
</table>

Answer 1

Try this:

<tr>
    <td>
        Row 1
    </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>
        &nbsp;
        <!--you just need a space in a row-->
    </td>
</tr>
<tr>
    <td>
        Row 2
    </td>
</tr>

Answer 2

According to the CSS box model:

margin values do not apply to table rows and table cells
See: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/box.html#margin-properties

padding and border values do not apply to table rows but apply to table cells
See: http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/box.html#padding-properties

A quick fix is to add padding to the top of the row that you want to separate.

For example: http://jsfiddle.net/audetwebdesign/caXsZ/

Sample HTML:

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
    <tr class="row1">
        <td>Row One - 1</td>
        <td>Row One - 2</td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="row2">
        <td>Row Two - 1</td>
        <td>Row Two - 2</td>
    </tr>    
</table>

CSS:

td {
    border: 1px dotted blue;
}
tr.row2 td {
    padding-top: 40px;
}

If you want to style borders around your table cells, you may need to add wrappers around the content and apply borders depending on the design details.