- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 12:42:06 -0500
- To: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
this is forwarded from someone who asked me to look into it. Mary Otten wrote: <snipped> > Mary Otten > mary`@smart.net > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- <snipped> Netscape and > Internet Explorer ignore the <br> within a table cell. On the other > hand, the <br> will cause lynx to put each element of a table > on a separate line, thus not rendering the table as a table at all. > Guideline: The contents of each cell in a table shall be followed by a > line break ("BR") tag. > > Explanation: Some browsers do not support tables. In this case, the > browser renders the > information from each cell sequentially, running the information from > one cell to the next > without a break. Without any formatting tags, the information ends up > looking like one > long paragraph. Placing a line break after the content of each cell > ensures that the > contents of a table are displayed in a readable format. Line breaks are > recommended over > paragraph breaks because a paragraph break may throw off the spacing of > the table. > > Recommended Fix: Place a "BR" tag right before each "/TD" tag in all > tables. -- Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman http://poehlman.clark.net email: poehlman@clark.net voice 301-949-7599 Dynamic Solutions Inc. Best of Service for your small business network needs http://www.dnsolutions.com
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