I think the width is there, just in a predefined class.   That's the point
of having a css class is so that this can be predefined in a css file, not
need to be inline.   That's why I suggested Julius look at what is getting
actually sent to the browser.
It must be something not complicated (even if not obvious at the moment)...
keep thinking about it, looking...

On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Wes James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> probably because span does not have a width.
>
> http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/tag_span.asp
>
> you need to use an element that uses width like div
>
> try this:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>
> test
> </title>
> </head>
>
> <body>
> <span style="color:#555555; background:cccccc; width:50px;">line
> 1</span><br>
> <span style="color:#777777; background:cccccc; width:150px;">line 1</span>
> <table>
> <div style="color:#555555; background:cccccc; width:50px;">line 1</div>
> <div style="color:#777777; background:cccccc; width:150px;">line 1</div>
>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> -wj
>
> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Julius Minka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > thanks for advice, I corrected it down to
> >
> > SPAN.col1 { width: 200px; background-color: #aaa; }
> >
> > Background color is applied, but width is not.
> > I can't see why. Any hint?
> >
> > Julius
> >
> >
> > On So, 2008-12-06 at 12:58 -0600, Yarko Tymciurak wrote:
> >> look for typos;   look at output  with firebug / firefox to try to
> >> find hints.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Julius Minka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>         Thanks, this is the solution I need,
> >>         except
> >>         the two CSS lines are not applied to those elements of row.
> >>
> >>         I added
> >>         SPAN .col1 {width: 200px}
> >>         SPAN .col2 {width: 200px}
> >>
> >>         to the end of static/styles.css
> >>         What's wrong?
> >>         Julius
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>         On So, 2008-12-06 at 07:33 -0800, mdipierro wrote:
> >>         > You cannot format it like a table but you can
> >>         >
> >>         > represent=lambda r: DIV(SPAN(r.field1,_class="col1"),SPAN
> >>         > (r.field2,_class="col2"))
> >>         >
> >>         > and in css
> >>         >
> >>         > SPAN .col1 {width: 200px}
> >>         > SPAN .col1 {width: 200px}
> >>         >
> >>         > Massimo
> >>         >
> >>         >
> >>         > On Dec 6, 8:26 am, billf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>         wrote:
> >>         > > If you look at the default represent() in t2.py you can
> >>         see how to do
> >>         > > whatever you want.  Maybe the default is what you want(?)
> >>         > >
> >>         > > On Dec 6, 2:09 pm, Julius Minka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > yes, I know.
> >>         > > > I do it this way:
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > db.puppy.represent=lambda row: \
> >>         > > >
> >>         P(A(row.name,_href=t2.action('display_puppy',[row.id
> ])),SPAN(row.age))
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > The only trouble is, that it is not formattted like a
> >>         table:
> >>         > > > dog1
> >>         > > > doggie2
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > I need
> >>         > > > dog     1
> >>         > > > doggiw  2
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > Julius
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > On So, 2008-12-06 at 05:35 -0800, billf wrote:
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > > are you using t2?  The t2 manual describes doing this
> >>         by
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > > db.mytable.represent=lambda row: '%s %s' %
> >>         (row.myfield,row.id)
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > > which I have used and it works fine.
> >>         > >
> >>         > > > > On Dec 6, 10:08 am, Julius Minka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>         wrote:
> >>         > > > > > How can I format itemize output to a table (regular
> >>         structure of
> >>         > > > > > columns)? I am showing more columns on the line.
> >>         > > > > > Something similar to default view for records...
> >>         > > > > > Thanks
> >>         > > > > > Julius
> >>         > >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
> >
>

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