Perhaps the answer is elusive or quite challenging to find. Here's a table I've coded:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<style type="text/css">
table {
font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif;
font-size:11px;
color:#333333;
border-width: 1px;
border-color: #3A3A3A;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
table th {
border-width: 1px;
padding: 8px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #3A3A3A;
background-color: #B3B3B3;
}
table td {
border-width: 1px;
padding: 8px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #3A3A3A;
background-color: #ffffff;
}
</style>
<title>Table</title>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<thead>
<tr><th>boundary</th><th>slice</th><th>h_i</th><th>1/2 (h_{i+1}+h_i)</th></tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>0</td><td></td><td>0.00</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>2.26</td><td>1.13</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>4.37</td><td>3.32</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>6.32</td><td>5.35</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>5.74</td><td>6.03</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>5</td><td>4.90</td><td>5.32</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>6</td><td>3.61</td><td>4.25</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>0.00</td><td>1.80</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>I would like the table to be styled with CSS so that rows in odd columns are shifted halfway down their height. Here is an example image of how it should look: Formatting the table to shift rows downwards
Kindly refrain from using row spanning in the table structure. While it may be possible to achieve the desired outcome by spanning four rows for even columns and two rows for odd columns, this method lacks elegance and results in unnecessary empty td tags.
The objective is to find a pure formatting solution using CSS, if such a solution exists.