What happens if you would put a 100% thing inside a set pixel thing?  Like a
100% table in a 750 pixels div?

Don't kow really.


Kayjey

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[mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org]Namens gabby
Verzonden: donderdag 26 april 2001 5:34
Aan: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
Onderwerp: Re: STILL UNSOLVED: Is there a way to set "maximum width"?


on 4/25/01 8:25 PM, Jay Smith at jay(at)JaySmith.com wrote:

> Is there really no solution to this problem?

        No, there is a solution - it merely requires that you come at your
web page in a new way. The way you're trying to solve this problem will not
work.

> <.DIV STYLE="width: 700px;">
> This works nicely (at least I think so) in NS 4.7 WIN95.  If the
> browser window is NARROWER than 700px, the text/table content attempts
> to reformat for the narrower window.

            Because Netscape 4.x incorrectly implements the W3C DOM.
> 
> However, In IE 5.0 WIN95, the 700px is treated as FIXED and thus if
> the user has a narrower browser window, they have to scroll sideways.

            Because IE 5.x correctly implements and DOM and because
specifying anything as pixels *is* a fixed width. 700 pixels should always
and forever be 700 pixels. It should never ever be less or more.

            I think you should try to find another approach to your design,
because your requirements cannot be answered with browser reality.

            I would strongly advise you to check out recent issues at
http://www.alistapart.com, so you can get a quick heads up on making the DOM
and CSS work for you. Also highly useful is http://www.glish.com/css/  .

cheers,
gabby

 

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