[thelist] Tables inside Tables

Jay Blanchard jay.blanchard at niicommunications.com
Wed Mar 20 13:55:01 CST 2002


<snip>
<table name="first">
    <table name="second">
        <table name="third">
        </table>
    </table>
</table>
I have gone three tables deep in embedding tables in each other. How
deep is safer in embedding tables in this way? What are W3C standards?
</snip>

There are no particular rules in the HTML 4.01 srecommendation about nesting
tables http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/tables.html#h-11.1 which also
says,

"Tables should not be used purely as a means to layout document content as
this may present problems when rendering to non-visual media. Additionally,
when used with graphics, these tables may force users to scroll horizontally
to view a table designed on a system with a larger display. To minimize
these problems, authors should use style sheets to control layout rather
than tables."

Also, some browsers have known display problems with tables.

To check the W3C recommendations for any mark-up language you can go to
http://www.w3c.org

Jay





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