Re: Stacked tables (I'll betcha this is a stupid question, but here goes):

Hi,

You need to nest these tables or they won't stay put.  Create one table 
then place your three inside it.  That should do the trick.

HTH

Peggi

At 04:09 PM 7/22/01 -0700, Berk/Devlin wrote:
>Long ago, in Internet time, anyway, way back on Fri, 01 Jun 2001 09:44:41 
>-0700, Kimiko Drew <macruimmon(at)earthlink.net> wrote:
> >At 02:31 PM 6/1/01 +0200, Klaas De Waele wrote:
> >>CC'd to techniques, because I think it will learn some people they 
> shouldn't
> >>put a heavy page in a table.
> >>- Kayjey -
> >
> >Something I usually do when I have a page with lots of info going into
> >tables, is to try and break those tables up.  For example, One table can 
> be broken into three tables, with a header table, a middle table (at 
> least one) and a footer table. ...
>
>Sounded like great advice and I want to take it.  But I find that 
>sometimes, and I can't seem to figure out when, when I stack tables:
>
><.table>
>...
><./table>
><.table>
>...
><./table>
><.table>
>...
><./table>
>
>The second table seems to misplace to the right, rather than under the 
>first table, and the last table seems to place itself to the right of the 
>second.
>
>So, instead of
>
>header table
>middle table
>footer table
>
>What's displayed is:
>
>header table middle table footer table
>
>To solve this, I have to put lots and lots and lots and LOTS of <.p></p> 
>in there.  And then, I get the mess again as soon as I change the width of 
>my browser page or change the number of lines in an earlier table.
>
>Is there something that I'm supposed to put between stacked tables to keep 
>them stacked on the straight and narrow?
>
>TIA,
>
>--Emily
>
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Peggi Rodgers
Flash Developer
Misty Canyon Designs
Pacific Grove, CA
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