Table size
HI I have a HTML problem in keeping the table size the same no matter what. In other words I want to keep the total table width to the the full screen but I don't want any celss to expand if the text doesn't fit.
EX:
BLABLABLACONTENTMORE STUFF
Where CONTENT being updates and stuff. the CONTENT is making the cell bigger which makes you have to horizontally scroll to see the whole table/page
My site is http://www.ianrules.xoasis.com
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Bimjo posted this at 00:20 — 23rd September 2000.
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Ian,
Your table has three columns: a left navigation column, a center text column, and a right off-site links column.
The table is defined as width="100%" (okay so far). The left column has width="33%" (still okay) the center column has width="67%" - oops! We're out of table width and still have another whole column to go. What's a browser to do?
In this case it opted to expand the table beyond the right edge of the screen. There are some other issues as well, but one thing at a time.
First, change the width on the left column to a fixed pixel width, about 150 to start ( width="150" - you can adjust later as needed), then change the center column to width="100%". Then add width="150" to the right column cell tag. This should solve the main problem with the page.
I would remove the PRE tags and the WRAP=PHYSICAL attributes. They aren't doing what you want, and in the case of the WRAP, aren't valid (thus ignored) in tables anyway.
Running your page through a validation program (either online - http://validator.w3.org/ , or offline - http://www.htmlvalidator.com/ ) will help you troubleshoot your page and find these sort of issues yourself.
hth
Bimjo
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ianrules posted this at 00:24 — 23rd September 2000.
They have: 74 posts
Joined: Sep 2000
ok thanx I never thought of the percentage widths
as far as the PRE tag i put that 'cause I was too lazy to put BR a hundred times and I wa trying to solve my own problem when I put in the WRAP thing(becuase in textarea it does something). thanks
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