Geoff Pack wrote:
I find that it often helps to add a border in the html
which then limits you to only using HTML 4 or XHTML 1.0 Transitional
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On 5/11/05 12:02 AM Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this
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I find that it often helps to add a border in the html
which then limits you to only using HTML 4 or XHTML 1.0 Transitional
Would that be bad? If so, why would that be bad?
I sure read differing opinions on all this XHTML
On 11 May 2005, at 4:02 pm, Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
Geoff Pack wrote:
I find that it often helps to add a border in the html
which then limits you to only using HTML 4 or XHTML 1.0 Transitional
That is not correct.
http://dev.l-c-n.com/_temp/table_1.php
Is perfectly valid application/xhtml+xml --
Rick Faaberg wrote:
Would that be bad? If so, why would that be bad?
Not necessarily bad, no.Just thought it would be worth spelling out the
implications of using border and such attributes.
Of course, the only true value of XHTML (strict) comes when you're
mixing different XML technologies in
Philippe Wittenbergh
That is not correct.
http://dev.l-c-n.com/_temp/table_1.php
Is perfectly valid application/xhtml+xml -- xhtml1.1
table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0
Hmmm...interesting. Thanks for the correction. Bizarre, though, that
those attributes have been left in the
Can anyone recommend a website with indepth instructions/info on formatting
a table (being used for tabular data!) using web standards css? I've tried
putting all the formatting in my css file, but it doesn't seem to work so
I'm obviously not doing something right.
For example, instead of
table
Hi Hope
Do you have a link to the table in question so we can see whats not
working (and the way you want it to work?)
hint :
border-collapse : collapse; gets rid of the need for cellpadding and
cellspacing in the html
Yes, it's better to put all your presentational code in the CSS.
Cheers
Hope Stewart wrote:
For example, instead of
table cellpadding=8 summary=This is a table of products and prices.
I left out the cellpadding attribute in the table tag and added this to my
style sheet:
td {
padding: 0.5em 5px 2em 0;
}
but it didn't work.
G'day Hope,
Typically, that padding
Thanks for your suggests, James. I'm currently reading through the w3.org
spec whose link Lachlan Hardy gave:
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/tables.html
I'll then give the table another go and if I'm still having problems will
certainly cry out for help again. I like figuring out things for
Do you have a link to the table in question so we can see whats not
working (and the way you want it to work?)
hint :
border-collapse : collapse; gets rid of the need for cellpadding and
cellspacing in the html
Yes, it's better to put all your presentational code in the CSS.
I am
On 10 May 2005, at 10:01 pm, Matt Thommes wrote:
I am under the impression that cellspacing is not yet supported in CSS
- but cellpadding can be added with the padding property.
I usually just use the cellspacing attribute within my table tag -
but that's the only one. Everything else, regarding
Try turning off all your styles and see if the table still makes sense. If not,
then you need to add some table attributes.
I find that it often helps to add a border in the html, but most of the time
the default values for the other attributes are fine, and can be styled with
CSS.
cheers,
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