- From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 19:03:13 -0400
- To: "R. Nortman" <rnortman@tezcat.com>
- CC: www-html@w3.org
R. Nortman wrote: > In the HTML 3.2 spec, percentages are not allowed for cell width > specifications, only raw pixel values. It seems that this is contrary > to the de-emphasis on physical markup -- how am I supposed to know how > wide a particular user keeps his browser window? It would seem to me > that specifying cell widths as a percentage of total table width is > more appropriate. The <hr> tag sets this precedent by allowing width > to be specified as a percentage of page width, _or_ as fixed pixel > width. It was not part of HTML 3.2 for the simple reason it didn't work across a wide range of browsers as of early 1996. Note that the browser can automatically work out how wide columns need to be based upon their content. The richer model in RFC 1942 allows you to optionally set column widths in absolute or relative terms. This is now supported by some browsers and is being considered for incorporation in the next version of HTML from W3C. I am also working on a proposal for specifying table presentation properties in CSS, including column widths, row heights, borders, alignment and other properties. -- Dave Raggett - <dsr@w3.org> tel +1 617 258 5741 fax +1 617 258 5999 World Wide Web Consortium 545 Technology Square, Cambridge MA 02139
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