Re: table and meter : timeline, timesheet

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:51:11 +0100, Ben Millard  
<cerbera@projectcerbera.com> wrote:

> Wikipedia uses <table> for timelines. An example is in my 2008  
> collection:
>
> <http://projectcerbera.com/web/study/2008/tables#timelines>
>
> Lots of colspan and rowspan reduces the total number of cells. I guess  
> they work since data cells which span different groups of column headers  
> get every header cell which applies to any slot covered by that data  
> cell. (AFAICT.)
>
> So, the "400i" cell on Wikipedia gets these column headers:
>
> * 1970s
>    * 9
> * 1980s
>    * 0
>    * 1
>    * 2
>    * 3
>    * 4
>
> And these row headers:
>
> * FR/FMR
>    * 2+2

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Another example where the rule implemented in response by Gez's table  
doesn't work (though in the column axis).

-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software

Received on Monday, 27 October 2008 09:49:21 UTC