RE: defining table size
by Elias Thienpont <elias(at)assumptionabbey.com>
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Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:57:34 -0600 |
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At 11:51 AM 6/14/00 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>I am new to this list, and sorta new to HTML,
but I believe the answer to<br>
this would be to define each table column by percentages (setting a width
to<br>
the table data).<br>
<br>
For example, in a table with WIDTH="100%, you could make each column
a<br>
certain width, as long all the columns add up to 100%, i.e, TD
WIDTH="33%",<br>
TD WIDTH="33%" and TD WIDTH="34%" (or two columns
with widths of 70 and 30,<br>
or 60 and 40; four with 25 each; etc.<br>
<br>
Unless I misunderstood this, setting percentages like this should keep
your<br>
sizes from being altered.<br>
</blockquote>Wrong... the purpose for using percentages is so that the
table *will* resize with the browser.<br>
I set everything in a table set to 95% so that I have a nice margin
around my page.<br>
Then I set the left column to 120 pixels so that the navigation column
will be locked to the size I want it.<br>
Then I may nest additional tables in the right column, those would be set
to 100% which is of the remaining cell rather than of the whole
screen.<br>
I never use any object bigger than 480 px in the right cell, this way it
will always work on a 600 px screen. <br>
<br>
Then I go ahead and design my site for an 800 px screen knowing that it
will still look ok at 600.<br>
<br>
Elias<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5><b><i>Br. Elias
Thienpont</font></b></i></html>
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