<table width="100%"> <tr> <td width="20%"></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </table>
this should work automatically. If the table is inside another cell make sure the outer cell is 100% "David Delbridge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Add "width=1" to columns #2 and #3. Remove the width= parameter from > column #4. Mind you, a column width of "1" will force line wrapping at > every single word, so you might adjust from 1 to something greater as > needed by your application. > > Dave > > -- > > David M. Delbridge > Circa 3000 > ColdFusion Hosting > http://www.circa3k.com > > Cedric Villat wrote: > > > > I'm messing around the width of a table and can't see to get it right. Let > > me explain what I am trying to do. I have 5 cells in 1 row. The first cell I > > would like to be 20% of the screen space. The middle 3 cells are filled with > > text and will be whatever width the text is (so no width specified). Then I > > want the last cell to just fill in the rest of the screen. What I have now > > is: > > > > <table width="100%"> > > <tr> > > <td width="20%"></td> > > <td>Text1</td> > > <td>Test2</td> > > <td>Test234</td> > > <td width="100%"></td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > > > The problem with the above code is that the first cell is MUCH less than 20% > > of the screen. If I take off the 100% width from the last cell, the first > > cell is in fact 20%, but then the middle 3 cells are stretched to fit the > > screen width. Also, I guess you cannot specify % in a <td> since it is not > > reliable. How can I pad the remaining screen space in the last cell? Thanks. > > > > Cedric > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
