Jack Michaelson — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:31:13 +0000

timjpriebe wrote: Actually, it's doesn't technically answer his question. (It may still solve his problem.) I've found that often people ask questions based on solutions they think will work best for their application. In other words, they started down a path already that's not the best solution.

You've got a point there

timjpriebe — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:22:54 +0000

Actually, it's doesn't technically answer his question. (It may still solve his problem.) I've found that often people ask questions based on solutions they think will work best for their application. In other words, they started down a path already that's not the best solution.

At least, I find myself doing that from time to time.

Of course, sometimes my suggestion doesn't quite apply to their question, in which case they can feel free to disregard it.

Jack Michaelson — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:29:01 +0000

tmjpriebe,
although your solution is 100% correct, it's not actually a solution to Genericnumber1's problem. He asked for a something similar but with the use of a table .

timjpriebe — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:22:46 +0000

Check this site out (I know, the design is terrible. It's getting redesigned):

http://www.missionnicaragua.org/

I have the left border stretching all the way to the bottom without creating extra scrolling. I just used CSS in the body tag. Here's the CSS, with non-related CSS edited out:

body
{
	background: url('images/borders_leftback.png') repeat-y top left;
}

Jack Michaelson — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:01:20 +0000

Genericnumber1 wrote: ... a way to get a table to stretch to the bottom of the page

Genericnumber1 wrote: .. to avoid using javascript to read the height of the window...

As far as I know a combination of these two above quotes is not possible.

steve40 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 04:23:02 +0000

If you use GIF. images for you site borders, which I assume you have. There is not very much way to stop the scroll bar. But if you could drive a big nail in it, it might help. :jump:

Genericnumber1 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 03:43:44 +0000

lol I have no idea, but when I said I didnt want scroll bars I meant where you had the ability to scroll down even though there isnt content down at the bottom of the page (like it is currently on the site I have linked above) but you can keep your little hand, I like the scroll bar thanks for all your help

steve40 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 02:07:32 +0000

Since a page expands vertically with content, what would we do without scroll bars?. It would be like those despisable PDF files. We would have to grab out the little claw-hand to move the page.

Which, someone correct me if I am wrong. But back in the old Exp. 3.1 days that's how it was done.

Genericnumber1 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:32:34 +0000

Well I want it to have a fluid height since all the content is going to be dynamic and I wont know a set height, I tried to clarify that by editing it to change it to say table instead of bar, I should have just right out said it. since the height is going to change I wont be able to just use a set height for anything, that is why the borders are css backgrounds, so that they can change size with the rest of the page. I appreciate the suggestion though

uhhh edit to respond to your edit:
Alright, well I guess I'll use scrollbars, I was afraid that was inevitable anyways. valid code is the most important anyways.

steve40 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:26:50 +0000

Why do not want scroll bars?. There is no real good way to make a table 100% vertical, at least not one that will pass validation.