trouble with table width and "textarea"...

[duckyboyz]

I have table i've set the width to 80%, even put width 80% in the <textdata width=80%> tag. the next cell goes off the screen. the next cell is a checkbox...not sure if that makes any difference. is there something funky that the "textarea" field is doing. the field source for the textarea is a memo text field varchar 2000 i believe. is there any way to get my table to stay at 80% width of the browser screen?

 

[Vragabond]

First of all, textarea has no width attribute. That could be your problem. In HTML you define the width and height of textarea with rows and columns, rows="x" cols="y", respectively. You can set the width through css however using style="width: 80%;". Try that, if it doesn't work, show us your complete code or even better, a test sample of the page.

 

[duckyboyz]

here's a sample of the page. like i previously stated. the table(with the texarea in the cell) is not rendering at 80% of the width. i will try using columns.

<!-- Branching Details Page -->
<P class=sectionheading>MTSA Branching Comments
<HR>

<!-- Branching Information -->
<div id=divInfo>
<table width=80%>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Branching Code:</td>
<TD valign=bottom>
<label class=5char id=txtBranchCode name=txtBranchCode datasrc=#dcBranching datafld=branch_cd >
</td>
<td> &nbsp </td>
<td>Branching Title:</td>
<td valign=bottom>
<label class=50char id=txtBranchTitle name=txtBranchTitle datasrc=#dcBranching datafld=branch_nm >
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Specialty Name:</td>
<td>
<INPUT class=5char id=txtSpecName name=txtSpecName maxlength=5 datasrc=#dcBranching datafld=specialty_nm onkeyup="EnableSubmit()">
</td>
<td> &nbsp </td>
<td>Office Symbol Name:</td>
<td>
<input class=50char id=txtOfficeSym name=txtOfficeSym maxLength=50 datasrc=#dcBranching datafld=office_symbol_nm onkeyup="EnableSubmit()">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<BR>

<table id="tbdComments" name="tbdComments" datasrc=#dcBranchingComments WIDTH="80%" BORDER=1 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=1>
<thead>
<tr class=header bgcolor=Silver align=left>
<td bgcolor=Silver>&nbsp</td>
<td>Comments</td>
<td>Delete</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody >
<tr>
<td><label id=lblSeqId datafld=sequence_id></td>
<td><TEXTAREA dataFld=comments_tx id=txtComments onkeyup="TextAreaLengthCheck me, 2000" style="HEIGHT: 70px;WIDTH 75%"></textarea></td>
<td align=center><input type=checkbox id=chkDelComment name=chkDelComment" onclick=EnableSubmit></td>

</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

<input type=button style="background-color:#c0c0c0" id=btnAddComm value="Add Comments" onclick="AddComments">
<BR>
</div

 

[vongrunt]

Specify width for parent TD... or remaining two columns.