Cell background... leads to much browser trouble?
In the review http://www.webmaster-forums.com/ubb/Forum10/HTML/000415.html of my site, I read the following:
Justin Stayton
Whoa Whoa Whoa! Cell background? No way, it leads to much browser trouble. I experianced this first hand, believe me. I would make the whole thing an image, and then for people w/ lynx then make alt="text"
From my tests, I have found that using images for table cell backgrounds works for Netscape and Explorer 4 and above, as well as WebTV. I expect it also works for some of the earlier versions of these products and other browsers as well.
Can someone tell me where I can read about problems using images for table cell backgrounds? I have never heard of this problem. What OS/browser has problems?
Thanks.
Peter
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Malte posted this at 16:48 — 8th February 2000.
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There is a major well known problem in Netscape. If you have nested tables in one of which there is a background and another table which is higher in the structure and has a background, too (so you basically have nested backgrounds), Netscape wont do what you want. If you only have a background on one level, you should be fine.
Malte
Peter Jones posted this at 16:56 — 8th February 2000.
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Thank you!
Peter
Roo posted this at 05:05 — 10th February 2000.
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Actually as far back as NN 2.0 you could display Images as table backgorunds. IE took longer to allow this though.
Both browsers handle it diffrently though....if you use a background image or color for the entire table....in NN it will show up just fine with each cell distict, In IE however it won't show in earlier versions but will show as one solid background in later versions.
The key is that you have to specify the background image or color for each 'cell' then neither browser has a problem.
I'd also like to know whcih browser vsersion OS you are using.................it's NEVER been a problem.
And...ahem.......they are not 'nested backgrounds'....they are 'nested tables'
[This message has been edited by Roo (edited 10 February 2000).]
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