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any way to make table cell size idependent?

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leegold2

leegold2

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Oct 10, 2004
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Is there anyway to make ceel size in a table independent of the largest cell? eg. I want to to have a little cell "tab" on the left hand side of a big cell in a row to give the #number of the table row. But even though I just want to put a number - just a few chars in the cell, it swells vertically to the biggest cell in the row. Is there any way to make table cell size idependent? Thanks
 
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The only way I can think of is have the large cells have colspan="2" in them, thus extending them over into the next cell.

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Code sample lee?

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Put an example of the code you are using. Colspan will work for a horizontal swell.
 
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try this (i may be tatlly missing the point)
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td>1</td>
<td rowspan="2">sdfasdfasdf</td>
<td rowspan="2">asdfas</td>
<td rowspan="2">dfasdfas</td>
<td rowspan="2">dfasdfasdfasdf</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>2</td>
<td rowspan="2">
<p>dfsdfsdfsdfasdf<br>
sdfsdfsdfsdfsdf </p>
</td>
<td rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
<td rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
<td rowspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
 
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You could try <td valign="top">123</td> . This will display your row number at the top of the row.

... or have I missed the point completely ?

Cheers, Mike.
 
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Here's a code sample, the only way to get this effect seems to be nesting tables. I'm not even sure of the identation to show nesting, but the effect is what I'm after.


<html>
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr valign=top>
<td>
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 nowrap valign=top>
<tr nowrap>
<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0<td>1. &nbsp; </td></table>
<td nowrap> Bakkenxvbvxvb<br>xcxvcxcxccvcv<br>cvcvcvcv<p>cvcvcvvcvc</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</html>
 
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Why use tables at all? Why not use an ordered list, <ol>?

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That was what I thought too. Though I held back since I didn't know the exact circumstances and requirements.

If the "thing" you are making is a list, then use list tags. It's more logical.

If the list tags don't format how you want, then style/modify them using CSS.

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