Hi Folks, Thanks to Thierry and Georg, this now makes sense. Thanks for the help.
Doug +++ Hi Doug, > I'm definitely a newbie, trying to wean myself off tables. > What I need is a 720px wide box with three 240px cells inside it, with 10px padding-right for each cell. > It cannot be "flexible" or stretchable. > I found what I **thought** might be the recipe for such a design: > http://www.electrictoolbox.com/basic-3-column-fixed-width-css-layout/ > However, I cannot get the middle cell to display 240px wide: > http://people.ucsc.edu/~class1/ > Any suggestions/ideas MUCH appreciated, so I can leave tables behind! If you set a 240px width and 10px padding, the box is actually 250px wide (because padding/border/width add up). So try 230px instead, and then Google: "CSS Box Model" -- Regards, Thierry | www.tjkdesign.com ++++ Subtract the side-padding from the float-width - both side-floats. width: 230px + padding-right: 10px equals float-width = 240px. That will leave 240px between the floats. regards Georg ++++ Hi Folks, I'm definitely a newbie, trying to wean myself off tables. What I need is a 720px wide box with three 240px cells inside it, with 10px padding-right for each cell. It cannot be "flexible" or stretchable. I found what I **thought** might be the recipe for such a design: http://www.electrictoolbox.com/basic-3-column-fixed-width-css-layout/ However, I cannot get the middle cell to display 240px wide: http://people.ucsc.edu/~class1/ Any suggestions/ideas MUCH appreciated, so I can leave tables behind! Thanks! Cheers, Doug ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
