[thelist] getting TD width for IE and NS
Jeff Howden
jeff at jeffhowden.com
Thu Mar 27 14:06:57 CST 2003
tom,
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> From: Tom Dell'Aringa
>
> I have not an uncommon situation. The client has forms
> that has file inputs. The client has their buttons
> styled with CSS. Of course, you can't style a file input
> button.
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and you can't simulate one either, so stop trying.
seriously.
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> Therefore I want to put a text box and a input button
> instead.
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yay though you walk in the valley of the shadow of death, you fear no
evil.... even though you better fear this.
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> problem: The fields are all 100% width (not my idea!).
> To make it "look right" I would essentially need to get
> the width of the table cell (which is a % and thus
> variable) and the button, then calc out how much space
> I have and set the text input to the appropriate size.
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you can't set the text input to 100% as well?
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> My target is IE5.5+ and NS6+. I googled this but didn't
> find nary much. Is this doable?
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dom-walking in ie5.5+ and ns6+? yeah, highly doable. but, will it solve
your problem with the file input? no.
.jeff
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