RE: table cell sizes

by Chris Badouin <chris(at)theeverydaypeople.com>

 Date:  Wed, 5 Jul 2000 21:34:55 -0700
 To:  hwg-techniques-digest(at)mail.hwg.org
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Mike-
Post the URL in question

Christopher Badouin CTO
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At 10:58 AM 07/06/2000 , Mike Henden wrote:
>Hi Listers, 
>
>I've been 'lurking' on the list for a while now, but would like to a 
>'definitive' answer to the old problem of sizing cells in tables... 
>
>I recently discovered Netscape's 'spacer' tag which is great for stopping 
>cells collapsing in when viewing a page in Netscape. But today I've 
>struck something new... I've placed the same graphic in the same position 
>on two different pages (the second page is based on the first) but I'm 
>now getting two different cell depths, resulting in the page layout 
>looking different on the same two pages. 
>
>My understanding is that apart from specifying that a tables-based page 
>fills the user's browser, there is no way to specify the height of a 
>table - this is determined by the cell contents. So why would the same 
>object act differently on two different pages with similar content 
>(identical navigation, etc)? 
>
>I am wondering if the fact that the page is comprised of nested tables is 
>a contributing factor -- the affected image is in the 'top' (outermost) 
>layer... 
>
>Unfortunately I am not yet able to post a URL, but hope somebody can give 
>me an idea as to what is happening. Have the feeling I must be missing 
>something fairly basic...
>
>T I A,
>
>MIKE






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