Tables in Netscape 2

[calista]

I've discovered that I can't assign a percentage in the width attribute for a table in NS (but you can in IE). Given that I have to define the width in px, what do you do about the fact that different users have different screen resolutions? The table may take up only half the screen or be too big to fit, depending on the users' settings. So, how do I deal with that without using percentages?

Thanks! Calista :-X
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[starway]

What does it mean "I've discovered that I can't assign"?
Everything works good if done correctly, including width percentage.

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

What code are you trying to use?

width="50%" in your table tag works for both browsers..

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[calista]

Sorry, I should have clarified. I'm trying to get this to work using style sheets. Today, it appears to work, but last week it didn't, and I didn't change anything. Calista :-X
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[calista]

OK, Here's an example of what does NOT work.

TABLE.Toolbar {
background-color : #1E90FF;
width: 100%;
}

I've also tried making it just .Toolbar and I've tried hardcoding width=100% in the page itself.

I've tried using it like this:

<TABLE CLASS=&quot;Toolbar&quot;>
<TR>
<TD><SPAN CLASS=&quot;BigBlack&quot;>Service Name</SPAN></TD>
<TD><SPAN CLASS=&quot;BigBlack&quot;>Document Created</SPAN></TD>
<TD><SPAN CLASS=&quot;BigBlack&quot;>Document Last Modified</SPAN></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

And like this:
<TABLE BGCOLOR=&quot;#0000FF&quot; WIDTH=&quot;100%&quot;>
<TR>
<TD><SPAN CLASS=&quot;BigBlack&quot;>Service Name</SPAN></TD>
<TD><SPAN CLASS=&quot;BigBlack&quot;>Document Created</SPAN></TD>
<TD><SPAN CLASS=&quot;BigBlack&quot;>Document Last Modified</SPAN></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

Nothing gives me a table with a width of 100%. I don't want to hard code the width, because I don't know what screen size the user will have. Calista :-X
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Champion of the Force

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

Try this,

<TABLE BGCOLOR=&quot;#0000FF&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;>
<TR>
<TD CLASS=&quot;bigblack&quot;>Service Name</TD>
<TD CLASS=&quot;bigblack&quot;>Document Created</TD>
<TD CLASS=&quot;bigblack&quot;>Document Last Modified</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

Hope this helps Wullie

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[calista]

Thanks, Wullie, but I'm afraid it's no go. This is NN 6.2, BTW. I dislike Microsoft as much as anyone, and would rather not use it, but NN sure doesn't make it easy.

P.S. I took a quick look at your sites. Nicely done! Calista :-X
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Champion of the Force

 

[starway]

OK, now I see what happens.

width: 100%; applied to style class doesn't work in Netscape 4.x - it is known that it's support of CSS is rather poor, and it concerns &quot;width&quot; property also.
But it does work in Opera 5+, IE5+ and Netscape 6 (by the way, do you know that Netscape 4 and 6 are completely different browsers?)

I suggest to set the width property inside <table> and <td> tags and not in CSS for full cross-browser compatibility.

 

[calista]

Thanks, starway. Here's what I tried, and it does NOT give me a table width of 100% in Netscape. I have NS 6.2, and I haven't dared to try it with NS 4.X.

<TABLE BGCOLOR=&quot;#0000FF&quot; BORDER=&quot;0&quot; CELLPADDING=&quot;0&quot; CELLSPACING=&quot;0&quot; WIDTH=&quot;100%&quot;>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=&quot;34%&quot;><SPAN CLASS=&quot;BigBlack&quot;>Service Name</SPAN></TD>
<TD WIDTH=&quot;33%&quot;><SPAN CLASS=&quot;BigBlack&quot;>Document Created</SPAN></TD>
<TD WIDTH=&quot;33%&quot;><SPAN CLASS=&quot;BigBlack&quot;>Document Last Modified</SPAN></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE> Calista :-X
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Champion of the Force

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

When you say it's not working, what is happening?

I tested this in IE6, NN4.6, NN6.2 and also in Opera 6 and all work for me with no problems..

Try to be more descriptive of the problem and we will be able to help more..

Hope this helps Wullie

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[Wullie]

BTW. I was reffering to the solution I posted in my previous post...

Hope this helps Wullie

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[calista]

When I tried your suggestion, it gave me a table just wide enough for the text to fit, and I lost the font definition. (The font diplayed normal size rather than applying the style.) What I don't get is, you're telling me that the code you gave me works for you in NS, so why doesn't it work for me? Calista :-X
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[starway]

I don't know how can it be - I copied your code, pasted into text editor and saved the html page. It works in N6 and everywhere else as it should: the table is 100%, cell's width is not the same without <TD WIDTH=&quot;33%&quot;>, but when you add it each cell width = 1/3 of page width.
I can't test your text settings because you didn't show it.

 

[Wullie]

If you could post the &quot;bigblack&quot; style then I can check it out with that..

You cannot expect a full solution to include your text formating if you do not include all the info needed..

Hope this helps Wullie

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[calista]

Thanks, guys! I finally figured out what the problem was. You're right, I did not give you the full context, which is, that this table is nested inside another table to which I did not assign any width attributes. I found that when I put widths on all tables and <TD>s, it worked OK. Calista :-X
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Champion of the Force