- From: Liam Quinn <liam@htmlhelp.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 12:17:35 -0400
- To: www-html@w3.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 07:01 AM 13/07/97 -0700, Walter Ian Kaye wrote: >At 3:13p +0200 07/13/97, Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet wrote: > > > > I've always wondered why you'd want to set the width of > > *one* cell in a column. I can understand HEIGHT on a TR, > > but should WIDTH on, say, the last TD in a column apply > > to all earlier cells in that column too? That would > > require that the entire table is redrawn. > >The reason you'd want to set the width of *one* cell in a column: > >Browser A: > > /------------ Browser Window A ------------\ > <table width="100%"> > +--------------+---------------------------+ > | TD width=120 | | > +--------------+---------------------------+ > >Browser B: > > /--------------------- Browser Window B ---------------------\ > <table width="100%"> > +--------------+---------------------------------------------+ > | TD width=120 | | > +--------------+---------------------------------------------+ > >This allows the table to be scalable to different browser widths, >something I consider of *extreme* importance. Aren't you intending to set the width of the column instead of the width of a single cell? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQB1AwUBM8j/ng/JhtXygIx1AQGZvAL8DWHH0AjXiiA0sEIiATIptOy60Rkpp5Dl hwemVZku3m6ooq8xK6oVreoMKJRXy0zWyq3213SJtQ65+qK+4NYcfUR5myRjlfzp xKK0suCtggoMU7Jf8tOJGyC56FHO5uBQ =v2gC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Liam Quinn =============== http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/ =============== Web Design Group Enhanced Designs, Web Site Development http://www.htmlhelp.com/ http://enhanced-designs.com/ ====== PGP Key at http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/pgp.html =====
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