Preserved Topic: Tables and size (Page 1 of 1)

I was wondering... how do i make sure that certain cells stays the same when the table stretches and certain ones stretches with the table?

Define the ones you want to stay the same with exact width values, and the ones you want to stretch with percentages.

This is not tested on my end but give it a shot.

On the cells that you want to stay the say, use exact sizes: width="100px" and then on the cells that you want to stretch make them percentages: width="10%".

Test it in a few different browsers and at different screen resolutions. (I don't think I really need to tell you the obvious)

Most of the time that I do stuff like this I use nested tables to that table will remain to be the same size always.

Pugzly beat me to it. To get the best effect I think you will have to define the exact width for the table as well.

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[This message has been edited by CPrompt (edited 02-18-2002).]

If you are using one table you can make only one cell auto strech (if I am not miskaken - it's my Dreamweaver talk )

Oh wait, no! You can make them strech.. just use % instead of pixels...



[This message has been edited by Ducati (edited 02-18-2002).]

okay... iwas thinking abouit percentage but wasn't sure... but would say 10% stretch the whole size i want to.... or do i have to find right to the percentage... or would 100% stretch the whole thing????

Mixing absolute values and percentages is a bad idea.

Read this page: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html

Mixing pixel defined widths and % defined widths in tables is what a good chunk of web design has been based on for years Slime...there are many sites that could not have been done without that method.

A width of 100% in the cell(s) you want to stretch will do the trick karn.

thanx dl-44