Preserved Topic: question concerning tables...

(i wasn't really sure where to post a basic html question, so any other mad scientists feel free to move it somewhere more relevant)

all right, here's the problem...
http://www.zerominuszero.net/extra/tables.html

right there i have two visible tables, but the effect i need to achieve is having both of them be the same height.

the table on the left will constantly be getting larger as more content is added, while i simply want a narrow table to the right that is the exact same height.

the narrow table won't have any content though...

so does anyone know a way to force the right table to scretch to a height equivalent to the left table?

cheers.mikey.milker

how about just using the one table with 2 columns? If your first (left) column needs multiple rows, then you should be able to use the ROWSPAN tag for you second column (right one).. to span the rows in the left col

if you want there to be a gap between them you can try CELLSPACING or maybe us 3 columns with the center one having the same bg colour as the page and using a filler trans gif to keep it spread?

~Vp~

another very simple solution is the use of the height-tag as an attribute to table. you can use it with pixels or percent.

<table height=300>

  <tr><td>

    table content...

  </td></tr>

</table>

if you dont like this one, you could also add an 1 pixel column to your table and fill it with your blank.gif scaled to the preferred heigth!

hth, grumble

Grumble.. I think you need to read Mikey's question a bit closer! <img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/smile.gif">

~Vp~

hmmmm. sorry it seems i am blind. i cant figure out what i haven't understand.
maybe you mean the "...constantly added..." ?
if it is this one i forgot, then i'd suggest your method with the 2 (or 3) columns, vp.
<img border=0 align=absmiddle src="http://www.ozones.com/forum/biggrin.gif"> big sorry for the senseless post!

all right.. looks like i'm going to be doing something similar to what vp recommended here. i had already been toying with the same idea, but i was curious if there was another way.

hopefully you guys will see the results before the end of the year...

*crosses fingers*

cheers.mikey.milker

I have been playing with tables since last summer and have gotten to like them (when they do what I want them to.) Anyway, I use Front Page to do them in. I find it pretty easy and can do most anything I need with it.

To do what I think you want I would make one main table with two columns and then stick another table with two columns in the right column of the first table. With the new table make the column on the left side the desired width of the space and then fill in the other column with the color. Set the whole second table to Height 100% This will stretch it down to fit whatever size the first table is. I did this on a web site I'm working on now. I have content in both tables but the one with updated info that will always be longer than the other is the big on in the middle and the table on the left stretches to fit it.

www.starwarsmmorpg.com

I think that is what you are looking to do.
I hope that helps.


Putting the Green back in Mean... er... wait... DOH!

Mikey, implementing your tables like Vogonpoet said won't help you much, because you'll still have troubles with that 1 pixel black border. But, it can be done in another way. I made a sample HTML file which does exactly what you want. Take a look here: http://www.max.co.yu/ozone/milker.html (tested with IE and Mozilla).

Blook, FrontPage won't generate tables that render correctly in Mozilla / Netscape, just take a look at your site using Mozilla.

okay actually...

what i'm doing is a little more complex than i'm letting on to, at least there are a few more elements that i haven't shared with you guys.

so i'm going to close the thread now because it's all good, i'll hit up with real questions later if i can't get the final stuff finished.

thanks again for all the help.

cheers.mikey.milker