Every time I design a webpage I run into the same problem and so I've decided now that I need to ask.
So, here's the deal...
Is it possible to get a table to display correctly when it contains a with 2 columns and ALSO a with 3 columns? Is this possible?
Here's an example:
1 2 3
1 2
The above example just doesn't work out for me.
Is it possible to do this or do I have to separate them into two different tables like I have already been doing? (I'm not a fan of having a bunch of tables on one page.)
Thanks for any feedback, I'm just wondering if I've been missing something this whole time.
Have a great day!
NewTechGuy <----- Heavy emphasis on the "New" part.....lol.....
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timjpriebe posted this at 18:49—21st April 2006.
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You can have cells span multiple columns. But it looks like to accomodate your example, you would need the following widths: 100px, 50px, 50px, 100px. Then the HTML would look like this.
<table><tr>
<td colspan="1" width="100px"></td>
<td colspan="1" width="50px"></td>
<td colspan="1" width="50px"></td>
<td colspan="1" width="100px"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="1" width="100">1</td>
<td colspan="2" width="100">2</td>
<td colspan="1" width="100">3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" width="150">1</td>
<td colspan="2" width="150">2</td>
</tr>
</table>
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Technically, you can leave the colspan="1" out, but it may make it easier to read.
Tim
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Busy posted this at 22:54—21st April 2006.
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You can only use colspan as Tim mentioned. The golden rule is a table is a box, you can not have a td cell finish within one above or below it, it can span several td's but will always end at the begining or end or the previous td border.
I know what you want, I rememer trying to get it to work for ages when I was learning tables. From your code above, if the top 3 are 100, the bottom ones can only be 100,200 or 200,100
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NewTechGuy posted this at 01:53—22nd April 2006.
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Thanks very much for both your responses. I have never looked at tables that way... and now I have a new way to consider.
Thanks again...
Newtechguy
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