Box model applies to how items that you set a height and width are calculated. Whether the size is the total outside dimensions of the block or whether things like margin and borders are added to the outside.
That is irrespective of whether the container is a table or a column or anything else with a block level setting. Your choices are tables or css positioning but both have possible box model issues.
Example:
table {width: 500px; border: 2px solid black; margin: 10px} td {padding-right: 10px;} <table cellspacing 0 cellpadding: 0 > <td width=30%></td> <td width=50%></td> <td width=20%></td> </td>
This would result in a container width of 500px in IE (6 quirks mode or
older versions) but 522px in standards compliant browsers.
#col1 {width: 30%; border-right: 2px solid black; margin 10px;} #col2 {width: 50%; border-right: 2px solid black; margin 0px;} #col3 {width: 20%; margin 10px;}
In IE (quirks & older) will give you a 3 column page with 10px of space on the outside and between the columns. On a compliant page you would get a scrollbar because your page would be 100% plus 34px because of the box model differences.
Does that make any sense or just further confuse you?
Helps a lot Cheryl, thanks for the info. I can see I need to explore box models at w3c in detail.
Jan
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