Tables, backgrounds and 1px cells

[gwar2k1]

I have a table, with a bgcolor, cell spacing of 1, padding of 0 and borders of 0. The cell bgcolor is different so you can see an outline.
I want a cell to be 1 pixel in height but it just wont happen. Can anyone help me?

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[DeZiner]

try putting in the cell a 1px X 1px transparent gif.

DeZiner
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[ChrisHunt]

Also avoid putting spaces or line breaks in your table markup, i.e. do it like this
[tt]
<tr><td><img src=&quot;/images.spacer.gif&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;></td></tr>
[/tt]

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[gwar2k1]

=D Thanks!

That 1 line thing per row, is that standard? what if you have a lot of columns in a row?

~*Gwar3k1*~
&quot;To the pressure, everything's just like: an illusion. I'll be losing you before long...&quot;

 

[gwar2k1]

But how would i do this with a style sheet?

~*Gwar3k1*~
&quot;To the pressure, everything's just like: an illusion. I'll be losing you before long...&quot;

 

[ChrisHunt]

If you have lots of columns in your table, just put a colspan attribute in the <td> in question:
[tt]
<table>
<tr><td colspan=&quot;2&quot;><img src=&quot;/images.spacer.gif&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot;></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Column 1</td>
<td>Column 2</td>
</tr>
</table>
[/tt]

As to CSS, well, in theory you should be able to put
[tt]
<td style=&quot;height:1px&quot;>
[/tt]
But that only sets a minimum height for the cell. If the cell contains anything that's too big (like, for instance, a space) the browser will resize the cell to accommodate it. So stylesheets aren't all that helpful in fixing a cell to 1 pixel high. You will find them useful for defining border widths and colours, which might be a better way of doing whatever it is you're trying to do.

-- Chris Hunt
Extra Connections Ltd

http://www.extracon.com

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