Re: Is it possible in N4.8?

by "rudy" <r937(at)interlog.com>

Date:	Fri, 6 Dec 2002 12:43:10 -0500
To:	"Shelley Watson" <shelley(at)internavigate.com>, "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis(at)hotmail.com>, <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
References:	internavigate
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> I'm afraid not. The obvious...[snip] ... doesn't work in NN4.

the solution isn't necessarily obvious, but it's simple   ;o)

you need something inside the "fixed" cell to prop it open as wide as you
want, then "overload" the TD widths on the liquid cells

voila --

<table width=100% border=1>
<tr align="center">
<td width="800">Fluid cell</td>
<td width="150">Fixed cell
<br /><img src="1pix_red.gif" width="150" height="2" /></td>
<td width="800">Fluid cell</td>
</tr>
</table>

i center the cell contents so that you can see more easily that the outer
cells are balanced

the two widths of 800 expand and contract just as desired -- netscape uses
the table width of 100% as an overriding factor

i use a red "one pixel" gif to test, then switch to clear for the live site

(that is, if i were still doing table layouts)

this works in netscape 4.08 at all window sizes, even extremely narrow ones


rudy

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