Hard-set size for tables?

[jisoo22]

Hello all,

I have a small problem. I'm using a table for my webpage layout but I believe I'm having some formatting issues. I'll describe it as well as I can. The table is made up of 2 rows and 2 columns (a 2x2 square). The lower left square is further divided into several rows (this is my navigation bar). Here's the problem: the box to the right of the navigation bar is where all the text goes, the body of the page. I insert a second table here so that I can format the text but the more text I put in, the more the rows of the navigation bar stretch down in height. They're the perfect height when there's no text in the body (25 pixels) but I want them to stay that way no matter how much text is put into the body. Does anyone know how this is accomplished?

Thanks,
Jisoo22

 

[jisoo22]

Here's the html for that table by the way.

Thanks,
Jisoo22

<table width=&quot;760&quot; height=&quot;570&quot; border=&quot;1&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;>
  <tr> 
    <td width=&quot;125&quot; height=&quot;125&quot;> </td>
    <td align=&quot;center&quot;>stuff</td>
  </tr>
  <tr align=&quot;center&quot;> 
    <td width=&quot;125&quot; height=&quot;25&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;><a href=&quot;index.htm&quot;>Home</a></td>
    <td rowspan=&quot;9&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot; cellpadding=> <table width=&quot;100%&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;>
        <tr>
          <td width=&quot;5&quot;>
<p> </p>
            </td>
          <td valign=&quot;top&quot;> <p>text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text </p>
            </td>
        </tr>
      </table>
      
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr align=&quot;center&quot;> 
    <td height=&quot;25&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;><a href=&quot;stuff.htm&quot;>stuff</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align=&quot;center&quot;> 
    <td height=&quot;25&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;><a href=&quot;stuff.htm&quot;>stuff</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align=&quot;center&quot;> 
    <td height=&quot;25&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;><a href=&quot;stuff.htm&quot;>stuff</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align=&quot;center&quot;> 
    <td height=&quot;25&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;><a href=&quot;stuff.htm&quot;>stuff</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align=&quot;center&quot;> 
    <td height=&quot;25&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;><a href=&quot;stuff.htm&quot;>stuff</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align=&quot;center&quot;> 
    <td height=&quot;25&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;><a href=&quot;stuff&quot;>stuff</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align=&quot;center&quot;> 
    <td height=&quot;25&quot; valign=&quot;middle&quot;><a href=&quot;stuff.htm&quot;>stuff</a></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align=&quot;center&quot;> 
    <td valign=&quot;top&quot;> </td>
  </tr>
</table>

 

[4x4uk]

One option would be instead of dividine the navbar area up into rows put it in a separate table like the content part this would resolve the problem of the navlink cells resiszing It's not a lie if you believe it!

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[jisoo22]

A-ha! Figured it out, apparently I had forgotten to put a specific height for the last row of the navigation bar. I set it so that it's the rest of the height of the table. The rest of the cells seem to stick to their size after that. Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm trying to keep a border of 1 consistently through the page.

Thanks!
Jisoo22