Re: still have problem with simple table in Amaya

> http://www.town.pelham.on.ca
>    has a simple table to create a navagation sidebar.
> Works in all browsers but Amaya which produces a very
> wide sidebar which forces use of the horizontal scrollbar
> and also makes H1 elements go outside the body!!!.
> 
> The body is defined as 770 px   (constructing for 800x600
> screens or better).  The H1 element is set to width of 570
> px which keeps sidebar under control in all except Amaya.
> What is the trick in Amaya for getting first column under control.
> Note that it uses <th>  and column 2 uses <td>.

In 99% of cases the width of headings and paragraphs included within a
table cell must be ignored and only the text is taken into account.
In your specific case Amaya ignores the width of the H1 just because it 
doesn't detect that it's given by a CSS rule.
I'll fix that error as soon as possible.

> I am enclosing my stylesheet in case it reveals clues.
> style verified by jigsaw and html pages verify by WDG site verifier.
> John Russell, VE3LL@RAC.CA
> http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3ll (2 L's as in London)
> Be sure to check your HTML markup code by using
> http://validator.w3.org or
> http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/
> 
> 

Received on Tuesday, 19 March 2002 03:28:03 UTC