[WSG] CSS Tables

[Noa Groveman]

Hey everyone, I've been reading this list for a couple weeks and this is 
my first time posting.  I've got a question about something I've been 
working on recently.  I'm pretty sure it's a lost cause, but I might as 
well ask.

I recently converted a directory lister script from using <table> tags 
to using CSS styled tables (display:table), and I've noticed that there 
is no provision for a colspan attribute.  This makes sense, because 
tables are for displaying tabular data and not for fancy headers, but I 
want to do it anyway.  Basically I want to make the first cell (that 
displays the path) maintain the entire table's width without effecting 
the other columns' width as it does in the <table> version.  Note, I 
have a user agent switch, since CSS tables don't work with IE, for 
displaying the old <table>s or the new display:tables accordingly.  
Here's an example: http://eastsdomain.com/test/ .

Thanks!

-Noa
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