- From: Charles Walker <cewalker@kingston.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:52:12 -0400
- To: Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@optimalco.com>
- Cc: www-validator@w3.org
Good point. I'm trying to discipline myself to use HTML Strict - but this, of course,
would be a tempting occasion to use HTML Transitional and just add
<table align="center">!
Charlie Walker
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21/04/2002 5:41:52 PM, Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@optimalco.com> wrote:
>scripsit Charles Walker:
>> Perfect. Works like a charm! I also retained the original body declaration,
>> without which the non-compliant browsers won't center-align the table.
>> Is this okay as a work-around?
>>
>> body { text-align:center; }
>> table { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }
>
>There's nothing wrong with doing `text-align: center' on <body>, but
>that should be inherited by all the descendants of <body>. I.e., the
>text contents of your <p>, <td>, etc. elements should in this case be
>rendered centered instead of left-aligned or justified. You'll need to
>override that if such isn't the desired effect, by setting `text-align:
>left' or `text-align: justify' as appropriate on the relevant elements.
>
>--
>Thanasis Kinias
>Web Developer, Information Technology
>Graduate Student, Department of History
>Arizona State University
>Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
>
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>
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