[thelist] Liquid Site Problem

rudy r937 at interlog.com
Thu Nov 14 14:26:01 CST 2002


> Smells to me like a scrollbar bug.  It's probably been discussed on
> css-discuss (rudy?  Do you recall anything?)

do i recall anything?  only with difficulty   ;o)

oh, you mean on css-d...   not really

i'm still subscribed but i delete most of the threads unread

site checks?  i don't consider myself skilled enough to comment

positioning?  not my bed, i ain't going to lie in it

browser sniffing?  beyond @import, it's a waste of my time

negative margins and related hacks?  don't get me started


norman, your liquid problem is probably due to miscalculated table cell
widths

consider the following:

  <table width=100%>
  <tr>
  <td colspan=2>
   <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
    <TR>
     <TD WIDTH=50%><IMG WIDTH=100% ...
     <TD COLSPAN=3><IMG WIDTH=184 ...
     <TD ROWSPAN=3><IMG WIDTH=395 ...
     <TD COLSPAN=2><IMG WIDTH=189 ...
     <TD WIDTH=50%><IMG WIDTH=100% ...
    </TR>

at this point, how wide is the nested table's first row?

i make it 100% plus 768 pixels

i think you are counting on each of the 50% width cells to be squeezed
completely, right?

well, not all browsers to the same job on that score, plus, at 800x600, if
you allow for window chrome and the space for the vertical scrollbar, you
have less than 768 to begin with, so it'll scroll horizontally even if those
cells are squeezed right doen to one pixel...

hope that helps some

rudy





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