Hi Maria, Whenever you are positioning an element absolutely, that means you are taking it from the normal flow of the content, that is why the table gets narrower.
Hope that helps. Miha Hribar http://hribar.info On 8/6/06, Maria Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok the curious part of me is getting the better of my common sense side > (common sense side is saying hang on you haven¹t done this for years and > you didn¹t do it very well then!) > > BUT > What is a wrapper container? > By normal flow for the image do you just mean insert it and if it¹s big > enough it will cover the whole page? > And for the links could I just position the text inline where I want it? > Tia > Maria > > > > > > > > > > On 06/08/06, Maria Falconer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi all > >> I¹m trying to position a table on a page but when I use a tag like this > >> #two { > >> position: absolute; > >> top: 12%; > >> left: 30%; > >> } > >> > >> First of all it is a bad idea to use absolute positioning in this case, > >> especially with such a simple layout, same goes for using a table for > >> layout. > >> You would be much better off using a series of divs to structure the > >> content, > >> for example a wrapper container, the image contained in normal flow, and > >> the > >> links structured as an unordered list with each element floated left (just > >> for example). > > > > > > > > > >> ______________________________________________________________________ > >> css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > >> IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > >> List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > >> Supported by evolt.org <http://evolt.org> -- > >> http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
