Advertisement

04.29.2008 at 12:27PM PDT, ID: 23363275
[x]
Attachment Details
[x]
The Solution Rating System

With so many solutions, how can you tell which solutions are most likely to help you and which ones are not? To provide you with a tool to use, we rate our solutions based on various elements that most accurately determine if a solution is a quality solution. To explain what factors affect the solution rating, here are the elements we take into consideration when formulating our solution rating.

  • The Grade of the Solution
  • The Zone Rank of the Expert Providing the Solution
  • The Number of Author and Expert Comments
  • The Number of Experts Contributing
  • The Feedback of the Community

Your Input Matters
Because of the way the system is set up, the most important variable in this equation is you. As a member of Experts Exchange, you are able to cast your vote on the quality of the solutions in regard to how complete, accurate, helpful and easy to understand each solution is. When you provide your feedback, each rating is adjusted accordingly. So, if you see a solution that has a poor rating that you think is a good solution, let us know by rating it. As you do, the rating will be adjusted and will become more accurate for other members of our site.

If you have any suggestions that you would like to make for our rating system, please ask a question in the Suggestions Zone of Community Support.

Thank you!
7.9

Format a list like a table using CSS

Asked by grav0005 in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Tags:

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to create an autocomplete list using a pure CSS design, as opposed to a table.  I am having trouble getting the width of the list to expand to accommodate the text in the two columns.  I used an absolute positioning for the .popupTable because it has to float over the page's contents.  If the list is too wide, then it looks weird; if it's not wide enough, the second column goes to the next row! BAD.
(I could use JavaScript to calculate the optimal row width every time based on the cell DIVs' clientWidth, but that's kind of cumbersome. )

Is there a way to have the width of the list expand to accommodate the text in the cell DIVs, like a table?
Please include some CSS...

Thanks!Start Free Trial 
1:
2:
3:
4:
5:
6:
7:
8:
9:
10:
11:
12:
13:
14:
15:
16:
17:
18:
19:
20:
21:
22:
23:
24:
25:
26:
27:
28:
29:
30:
31:
32:
33:
34:
35:

@CHARSET "ISO-8859-1";
 
.popupTable {
    border: thin solid gray;  
    position: absolute; 
    background: #ffffff;
  
    text-decoration: none;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    font-family: arial, "lucida console", sans-serif;
}
 
.popupRow {
    border: thin solid gray;
    cursor: pointer;
    height: 19px;
    /*display: inline;*/
}
 
.symbolCell {
    border: thin solid gray;
    font-weight:bold;
    float: left; 
    display: table-cell;
    padding: 5px; 
    width: 48px;
}
 
.nameCell {
    border: thin solid gray;
    float: left;
    white-space: nowrap;
 
    padding: 5px; 
}
Attachments:
 
Autocomplete-control-in-Eclipse.gif (24 KB) (File Type Details) 
Example of the list (using a table for layout)
Example of the list (using a table for layout)
 
[+][-]04.29.2008 at 01:17PM PDT, ID: 21465810

At Experts Exchange, members can ask their questions to thousands of technology professionals, also known as Experts. Experts compete and collaborate to answer those questions by leaving comments like this one.

Start your 7-day free trial to view this Expert Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]04.29.2008 at 01:25PM PDT, ID: 21465892

Often, when Experts are collaborating with members who have asked questions, they will request additional information about the problem. Askers respond with an author comment like this one.

Start your 7-day free trial to view this Author Comment or ask the Experts your question.

 
[+][-]04.29.2008 at 01:33PM PDT, ID: 21465959

View this solution now by starting your 7-day free trial. Setting up your free trial is quick, easy, and secure. We will return you to this solution, unlocked, when you're done.

 

About this solution

Zone: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Tags: CSS
Sign Up Now!
Solution Provided By: strobbe
Participating Experts: 1
Solution Grade: B
 
 
 
Loading Advertisement...
20080716-EE-VQP-32 / EE_QW_2_20070628