Table and Table Cell Widths
I need to format a table so that it is exactly 1250px where the individual columns are specific width. If I set the width of the parent table tag to 1250 and each of the child td tags so that the sum of the td tags is 1250 - shouldn't the IE6 respect the explicit widths?
I've got a situation where IE6 is altering the widths of the cells and I can't figure out why.
Any ideas.
I'll post code as soon as I have it split out its a part of a ASP.NET page and will take some time.
I've got a situation where IE6 is altering the widths of the cells and I can't figure out why.
Any ideas.
I'll post code as soon as I have it split out its a part of a ASP.NET page and will take some time.
theras2000
Is the table mostly empty? If my memory serves me, you need something inside all the cells of at least 1 row. I think even just a will do. I haven't coded html in a while, but I seem to remember something like that.
2 things with table
1) IE will not display the cell if it's empty but Firefox will
2) If the object in a cell is bigger than the cell (like an image) the cell will expand to accomodate the object, regardless of the set width.
1) IE will not display the cell if it's empty but Firefox will
2) If the object in a cell is bigger than the cell (like an image) the cell will expand to accomodate the object, regardless of the set width.
ASKER
I'm actually reworking the markup to see if that helps. The project is a telephone directory that includes the ability to see a person's assistants. The assistant information is in a nested table. For aesthetic considerations, I want the information to appear seamlessly to the user where the assistant information appears as just another row(s) below the primary person. The information can be hidden/shown on demand. Moving one step out, the directory information resides within a fixed height div that scrolls on overflow which then led to my placing the header information outside of the div - the result being what appears to be a scrollable table.
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I think that the problem was two fold - first, there was a hidden column which I did not take into account on a table cell that I set to span all columns - the colspan was off by one. Second, the formatting isn't consistent because there is a nested repeater that conditionally adds a table. Since the asp:repeater does not contain any template if there's no data things the lack of it was jacking things up. I realize that doesn't help anyone else out too much as I haven't given any examples, but the time it would take to present one isn't worth trying it given that the time could be spent trying to fix it.
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the way I handle this kind of situation usualy is by writing my code in such a way that I always have something to display or at least have a hidden place holder, kind of an image saying there is no image to display, this way I can "stabilise" the table by having consistent object within the cell.
if there is data display it
if not display the default value.
if there is data display it
if not display the default value.
Also Firefox has a add on called web developer that you can download it allow you to show the cells and/or the table without having to actually set a border for each one I found it very usefull to debug tables issues.