[thelist] tables moving

aardvark roselli at earthlink.net
Fri Jul 7 19:32:35 CDT 2000


> From: "Andrew Martin" <comitque at hotmail.com>
> 
> Now the top cell doesn't have a height, it's just height="*".  The
> other two below it have height assignments.  This allows the top cell
> to dynamically compress and uncompress depending on the size of the
> browser window.  The problem is when the content extends greater than
> the specified height for that cell, then all sorts of weird things
> start happening.  The top cell shrinks to one pixel high and the other
> two take up the entire side.

i'm, not checking the examples...

but so you know, not only is using a 'height' attribute in a table 
downright dangerous thanks to inconsistencies in browsers, but 
the '*' value is not supported by anyone, nor is to spec...

that said, i have nothing else to offer...




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