(btw. no browser wars here - I didn't mean to imply that only IE
rendered the HTML correctly - I meant to imply that the "correct"
desired effect was only being produced by IE -- whether that's a
problem with the HTML or with the browser(s) is secondary to the fact
that I'm trying to produce a specific effect.)
- ike
> You've got it backwards. It displays correctly in
> everything but IE.
> Your "display:inline;" makes the elements inline.
> Therefore, they all end up on the same line, as expected.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "S. Isaac Dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, March 22, 2004 1:34 pm
> Subject: OT: html table - columns not columnar - tbody
> issue???
>> I'm hoping somebody on this list is more knowledgeable
>> about html they
>> can give me some insight into this issue I'm having with
>> a table...
>>
>> This table code is generated, and I've been going over it
>> with a
>> fine-toothed comb trying to figure out why it only
>> displays correctly
>> in IE. I've tried Mozilla 1.5/1.6, Netscape 7.1, FireFox
>> 0.8 and Opera
>> 7.23...
>>
>> As best I can tell, all the table tags are properly
>> nested, quoted,
>> etc. however, the columns only display as columns (having
>> left and
>> right borders which are the same from one row to the
>> next) using MSIE
>> (6). In all the other browsers, the cells in any given
>> row
>> collapse to
>> only the width of their contents, regardless of the
>> contents of other
>> cells in the same column.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> <table style="" id="tom" class="" cellspacing="0">
>> <col id="tom_col_1" class="">
>> <col id="tom_col_2" class="">
>> <col id="tom_col_3" class="">
>> <thead id="tap_200403221413471079986427578971518476"
>> class="">
>> <tr id="tap_200403221413471079986427578716543986"
>> class="">
>> <th id="tap_200403221413471079986427578133504139"
>> class="">
>> id="tap_200403221413471079986427578270320811"
>> target="_self"
>> href=""> >> 2Fasc">
>> col a
>>
>> </th>
>> <th id="tap_200403221413471079986427578133504139"
>> class="">
>> id="tap_200403221413471079986427593123535712"
>> target="_self"
>> href=""> >> 2Fasc">
>> col b
>>
>> </th>
>> <th id="tap_200403221413471079986427578133504139"
>> class="">
>> id="tap_200403221413471079986427593786599082"
>> target="_self"
>> href=""> >> 2Fasc">
>> col c
>>
>> </th>
>> </tr>
>> </thead><tbody
>> id="tap_200403221413471079986427578724351437" class="">
>> <tr id="tom_1" style="display: inline;" class="">
>> <td id="tom_1_1" class="">hello</td>
>> <td id="tom_1_2" class="">world</td>
>> <td id="tom_1_3" class="">this</td>
>> </tr>
>>
>> <tr id="tom_2" style="display: inline;" class="">
>> <td id="tom_2_1" class="">is</td>
>> <td id="tom_2_2" class="">a</td>
>> <td id="tom_2_3" class=""> </td>
>> </tr>
>>
>> <tr id="tom_3" style="display: inline;" class="">
>> <td id="tom_3_1" class="">test</td>
>> <td id="tom_3_2" class="">of</td>
>> <td id="tom_3_3" class="">the</td>
>> </tr>
>>
>> <tr id="tom_4" style="display: inline;" class="">
>> <td id="tom_4_1" class="">table</td>
>> <td id="tom_4_2" class="">code</td>
>> <td id="tom_4_3" class="">generator</td>
>> </tr>
>> </tbody></table>
>>
>>
>>
>> s. isaac dealey 214.823.9345
>>
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>>
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>> http://www.turnkey.to/ontap
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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