Hi Yogesh, You gave me some food for thought! I added float:left; and width: 300px; attributes to all the <span> tags just to see how that turns out. When I do that, the <span> elements are outside the enclosing <li> elements, one below the other. I am no CSS expert, so I could be messing up somehow in that area. Can you send me a relevant snippet of the CSS that you employ for this effect?
Thanks, Ashwin On Nov 11, 12:59 pm, Yogesh Agashe <yogesh.aga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Ashwin, > > How about floating the span elements? I have similar list and I use > float. Add a class to your span elements. In CSS, assign a width and > float them left or right as per your requirement. > > HTH. > Yogesh > > > > Ashwin wrote: > > One of the reasons I like the Google Suggest powered autocomplete > > function at Google Finance (http://finance.google.com) is because the > > drop choice choices appear in a tabular format with 2 columns. The > > left column contains the ticker symbol and the right column contains > > the company name. I am trying to emulate a similar effect but with 4 > > columns. Without thinking about customization, my first attempt > > involves trying to return data that looks like this from the server > > side > > > <ul> > > <li><span style="width:50px;">1</span><span style="width: > > 150px;">Jane</span><span style="width:150px;">Doe</span><span > > style="width:250px;">Director</span></li> > > <li><span style="width:50px;">2</span><span style="width: > > 150px;">John</span><span style="width:150px;">Doe</span><span > > style="width:250px;">Manager</span></li> > > <li><span style="width:50px;">3</span><span style="width: > > 150px;">Peter</span><span style="width:150px;">Trent</span><span > > style="width:250px;">Developer</span></li> > > </ul> > > > In a regular HTML page, this has a tabular look to it. But when this > > content gets loaded in the autocompleter's DIV element, it gets > > treated just like HTML whitespace. > > > Am I missing something here, or are there better ways of doing this? > > > Thanks! > > > Ashwin- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
