Yes but he's talking about using a DIV to force open an area of the
page. It doesn't matter if you use a div or a table because in both
cases you're using an HTML element as presentation (even if you can't
see it).
Joseph Bernhardt wrote:
W3C - "Tables should not be used purely as a means to layout document
content as this may present problems when rendering to non-visual media.
Additionally, when used with graphics, these tables may force users to
scroll horizontally to view a table designed on a system with a larger
display. To minimize these problems, authors should use style sheets
<../present/styles.html> to control layout rather than tables."
Using a table in this case will not present any problems, no. But
(correct me if I am wrong), the main purpose of a table was originally
designed to display a relationship between multiple sets of data (ie:
spreadsheet). A table can, in fact, be used for display purposes when
containing relevant data but for the problem at hand I am sticking with
my recommendation of a div.
Thanks though!
Jough
Samuel Richardson wrote:
Might as well just use a table in that case.
Joseph Bernhardt wrote:
Eww! Using HTML elements to solve a display issue? I know where you
are coming from, I have had 'clients' like this before, too.
I have had to use MS CSS expressions to solve the issue of position
fixed and found it relatively easy to use, although I would have
rather not used it had there been another way. As far as min/max
width, have you tried placing a nested div within the area to be
min-width'd with padding of the amount to be width'd and contents of
a non-breaking space? Sound's like that might work to me, anyone else?
Jough
Ricci Angela wrote:
Hello everybody
Following the late discussion about fluid/elastic layouts, I was
wondered if somebody out there has some feedback concerning the use
of Microsoft's "Dynamic properties" proprietary solution for fixing
the lack of min/max-width support.
After some discussion with my client, they "impose" me the use
of a one-cell table to fix this for IE, but I really think it is a
pitty to have to do it... And, besides a javascript solution, all
I've found out was MS dynamic properties. If somebody already used
those, please could you share your experiences ?
Thanks a lot!!!!
Angela
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