Re: css woes

by Carole Anne Gay <carole(at)designs.com>

Date:	Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:40:08 -0700
To:	hwg-style(at)hwg.org, Kevin Waterson <kevin(at)oceania.net>
In-Reply-To:	oceania
	todo: View Thread, Original

When you give absolute sizing, this is what happens.  Try using relative sizing.

HTH,

Carole

9/13/02 5:11:52 PM, Kevin Waterson <kevin(at)oceania.net> wrote:

>exuse my ascii art but I am trying to do something
>with css I once did with tables, basically this...
>
>---------------------------------------
>| text  |  more text here              |
>|       |  that will wrap              |
>|       |  and allow the left col      |
>|       |  to expand with it.          |
>----------------------------------------
>
>with tables this was easy
><table><tr><td width="75">text</td><td>more texthere that....</td></tr><table>
>
>but with css I get mixed results
>
><div><div style="width:75px; float:left;"> text </div> more text here ...</div>
>
>this  does not let the left col expand with it
>
>any suggestions?
>
>Kind regards
>Kevin
>
>
>-- 
>Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
>See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
>Kevin Waterson
>Byron Bay, Australia
>
>

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