Topic: Tables to one Side (Page 1 of 1)

I have a question: I know you can put IMAGES to the side of text, sorta so the text indexes around it and then flows regularly before and after. I was wondering, is it possible to do that with a table? And is it possible to make a table only a certain size so that the text doesn't cover the entire screen? I read the w3schools html stuff on tables and well, maybe I missed this but I didn't see it. If you have a link that would explain this better, please direct me to it, I don't want to waste anyone's time.

Thanks again!

Genevieve Hokanson
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As with any block level element, if you set float:left; (or float:right) for it with CSS, it should float like an image can. In more recent browsers, at least.

To give it a specific width, merely setting width:100px; or whatever should do the trick.

To keep space between the table and the text, mess around with padding values in the same CSS sheet.

Thanks! I'll give it a go-to and see what I can do. If I have any questions or problems, I know where to take them!

Genevieve Hokanson
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You may want to check this out



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Cool tutorial! Much better than the w3 one or one other one I found. Thanks!! ^_^ ::all happy:::

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What I don't like about that tutorial is that it gives the example

<TABLE BORDER=1>

	<TR>

		<TD ROWSPAN=3>xxxxxx</TD>

	</TR>

	<TR>

		<TD>xxxxxx</TD>

	</TR>

	<TR>

		<TD>xxxxxx</TD>

	</TR>

</TABLE>

to create an effect that *should* be created with

<TABLE BORDER=1>

	<TR>

		<TD ROWSPAN=2>xxxxxx</TD>

		<TD>xxxxxx</TD>

	</TR>

	<TR>

		<TD>xxxxxx</TD>

	</TR>

</TABLE>

Is one way better than the other?

align=left vs float:left;

Does it make any difference at all?

[edit: hehe, didn't quite say what I wanted it to say the first time]

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[This message has been edited by Genevieve (edited 09-05-2002).]

align="left" is an HTML attribute, which is deprecated in HTML 4.01 and XHTML. float:left is a CSS style attribute which has the same effect.

Oh! So I guess I'd better change all my stuff to use the css version of it. I don't want new browsers to not be able to read the page. The css can be read by older browsers, right? Or should I use both jic?

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New browsers understand old coding techniques. If it were my page, I'd use the CSS, because I think it's more the "right" thing to do. But you may consider older browsers to be more important than that. So you'll have to decide for yourself =)

So the older browsers will simply see the table as if I never had anything telling it to move to one side or the other, but newer browsers will show it correctly, right?

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