[thelist] layers not frames

Hassan Schroeder hassan at webtuitive.com
Fri Nov 22 13:23:01 CST 2002


Andrew Maynes wrote:
> ok I tried putting the table inbetwen the <div> but alas nothing.  I then ttried
> the class within the <table> and agin nothing.
>
> Any ideas?

> Semantics about boxes aside, sure, overflow will work with a table
> (or better, a tbody, leaving your table's headers and footers fixed)
> set to an explicit height.

Hm. OK, I've made a test case, though I'm getting slightly different
results than I remember from last time -- ??
   try { remember(); } catch ( Exception SeniorMoment ) { feh(); }
   finally {

Anyway, Moz 1.1/W2K doesn't seem to recognize overflow and a fixed
height on TABLE, but does on TBODY (which is actually preferable,
I'd say). IE 5.5 fails spectacularly by assigning the TBODY height
to each *row* - really bizarre. Opera 7 ducks the issue entirely.
}

So, it's useful and valid, but browser support is spotty. Surprise.

Here's the TBODY CSS I used in my test case with a very long table:

tbody {
	height: 300px;
	overflow: scroll;
	}

HTH!
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