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Subject:Re: Tables and web browsers From:Susan Vineyard <vineyard -at- CHEROKEE -dot- NSUOK -dot- EDU> Date:Mon, 9 Nov 1998 13:09:50 -0600
You can also use percentages after the TD tag <TD WIDTH=50%>. I know my users
use a variety of screen resolutions, so if I use absolute widths, someone isn't
being well served. I also have my Windows calculator where it can be easily
accessed for table width calculations. You can't use fractions,
unfortunately. I usually add the extra percentage points into the last column
if I'm not using borders. No one will ever know...
Susan Vineyard
Tahlequah, OK
Brian, Flaherty wrote:
> Christine and others:
>
> The <TR> and <TD> tags support a WIDTH parameter for you to *force* an
> equal column width.
>
> Example:
>
> <TABLE WIDTH="100%">
> <TR><TD WIDTH=500 VALIGN="top">This is the first column.</TD>
> <TD WIDTH=500 VALIGN="top">And this is the 2nd column.</TD></TR>
> </TABLE>
>
> VALIGN is probably not needed here, but would align the column
> information
> along the top of the row/column.
>
> FWIW
>
> Brian Flaherty
> ICS, Paramus, NJ (USA)
>
> From ??? -at- ??? Sun Jan 00 00:00:00 0000==
