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Great job getting the border effect working as expected! Let's refine your code to make it more maintainable and reusable across multiple tables. Here's how to do it:

Step 1: Add a Custom Reusable Class to Your Tables #

Instead of targeting specific table IDs (like tablepress-id-1), add a custom CSS class to every TablePress table that needs this highlighted column effect.

To do this:

• Go to the edit screen of your TablePress table
• Scroll down to the Table Options section
• In the Extra CSS classes field, enter a descriptive name like table-highlight-column-2 (adjust the number if you're targeting a different column)
• Save the table. Repeat this for all tables where you want to apply this style.

Step 2: Optimized CSS Code #

We'll use CSS variables to centralize your border properties (so you can update them in one place) and group styles to avoid repetition:

/* Define reusable border variables (easy to update later!) */
:root {
  --highlight-border-width: 4px;
  --highlight-border-color: #fb9901;
  --highlight-border-style: solid;
}

/* Apply left/right borders to the target column in all rows */
.table-highlight-column-2 .column-2 {
  border-left: var(--highlight-border-width) var(--highlight-border-style) var(--highlight-border-color);
  border-right: var(--highlight-border-width) var(--highlight-border-style) var(--highlight-border-color);
}

/* Top border for the first row's target column */
.table-highlight-column-2 .row-1 .column-2 {
  border-top: var(--highlight-border-width) var(--highlight-border-style) var(--highlight-border-color);
}

/* Bottom border for the 10th row's target column */
.table-highlight-column-2 .row-10 .column-2 {
  border-bottom: var(--highlight-border-width) var(--highlight-border-style) var(--highlight-border-color);
}

Why This Is Better: #

• Reusability: Just add the custom class to any TablePress table—no need to write new CSS for each table ID.
• Maintainability: If you want to change the border color, width, or style, you only need to update the variables at the top instead of editing every line of code.
• Cleaner: Grouped styles eliminate redundant code (your original code repeated the border details three times!).

Bonus: Flexibility for Different Columns #

If you need to highlight different columns in other tables, create variations of the custom class and CSS:

• For column 3, use the class table-highlight-column-3 and replace .column-2 with .column-3 in the CSS.

Note on Row Targeting #

If your first row is a header (using <th> tags), you might want to use thead tr .column-2 instead of .row-1 .column-2 for more semantic targeting—but your original .row-1 selector works perfectly if that's the specific row you need to highlight.

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者mkleber