Macintosh problem?

They have: 8 posts

Joined: May 2002

Hello,

I have having a problem with creating evenly sized cells on one of the tables on my webpage. The problem only seems to show up on a Mac platform with IE browser.

Anyone have a clue as to why the right cell is larger than the other ones? I have made sure that all the cells that have content are set to 33%.

My computer configuration is:

-Mac OS 9
-IE 5
-1024x768

The address for the page in question is:
http://cobaltproofs.vcn.com/vcn/htm/wireless.htm

BTW.. I am aware that customer is spelled wrong at the bottom of the page Wink

Thanks in advance,

Zimbabwe2002

They have: 447 posts

Joined: Oct 1999

typically, you don't want all your column widths to total 100%. you should leave one without a width.

for instance, if you need four evenly spaced columns, do this:

<TR>
<TD WIDTH="25%">col 1</TD>
<TD WIDTH="25%">col 2</TD>
<TD WIDTH="25%">col 3</TD>
<TD>col 4</TD>
</TR>
'

the browser knows the last column is also 25%, because that's all that's left, but some browsers mess things up if you try to absolutely specify a total of 100%.

likewise, with 3 columns...

<TR>
<TD WIDTH="33%">col 1</TD>
<TD>col 2</TD>
<TD WIDTH="33%">col 3</TD>
</TR>
'

let the middle column take the extra 1% to keep it symmetrical.

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