Trouble with pre-set column widths displaying
Hello,
I'm trying to create a table (3 columns - 9 rows) to display new information on our home page. the number of rows varies between each column. i am trying to pre-set the width of each colum, so that they are the same and i cannot seem to do so. my properties window tells me that each column is indeed the specified width (in pixels) but when i view it (IE v4), each column displays a different width.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what i might be doing wrong??
Vincent Puglia posted this at 01:03 — 16th March 2000.
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Hi,
Seeing as how you didn't include any code, no I can't tell you. However, if you are using percentages, IE is probably using that as a suggestion and not a reality. So, in cases where there is nothing in the 2nd or 3rd column, the 1st column will expand to accomodate the text.
If this is the case, you have a number of options:
specify pixels (which means you may have problems when the user changes the screen size);
"pre" your columnar text; that is, force the browser to write the text in a pre-determined format;
use a table for each column.
Hope this helps
Vinny
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