Text in layers & resizing issues...

[senan]

As a newbie to Dreamweaver3 - I thought I found a nice shortcut and an easy way to place <br>
my text and images anywhere on the page I'd wanted. However, I soon discovered that when<br>
you have inputted text in a layer using Dreamweaver - it goes all over the place when the <br>
user resizes the browser window. <br>
Is there any way to lock-down the text in the the Layer so this does'nt happen? Or do I need to <br>
use tables as the way to remedy this problem? My images seem to be uneffected when the window is resized, just the textual content inside a layer. <br>
Thanks for any input. Much appreciated.

 

[TeK2]

I am a newbie to this program also, but I can tell you that using Tables is the way to go.&nbsp;&nbsp;Many people use Tables to align images and text because Tables offer the ability to position artwork freely on a page. The trick is fixed pixels versus percenatages in Tables. <br><br>A percentage-based Table will stretch with the width of the browser, meaning that its size will vary depending on the shape of the browser window.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you specify that a Table uses a width of 75%, for example, the Table will stretch to fill three-fourths of the horizontal space regardless of the browser window size.<br><br>When you want to restrict the size of a Table regardless of the browser window size, pixel -based is the way to go.&nbsp;&nbsp;when you want the Table to stretch to the size of the browser window, percentage-based Tables are best.&nbsp;&nbsp;To complicate matters, it's possible to nest a pixel-based Table inside a percentage-based Table or vice versa.<br><br><br>good luck,<br><br>TeK2<br>