Tables

L

Louis

Hello,
Is there anyway I can make a table like the one below. Where
there would be one brake in the first line and two in the second. -
Frontpage 2002
Thanks,
______________
|____________ |
|______|______|
|___|____|____|
 
M

Murray

Yes. Stack three tables on top of each other -

<table>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

It will be stable and functional with any browser width/height setting.
 
T

Thomas A. Rowe

Create a 3 row table, then in the second and third rows, insert a nested 1 row, 2 column table and 1
row, 3 column table.

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S

Stefan B Rusynko

Use this

<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td colspan="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr>
<td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
</tr><tr>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>





| Hello,
| Is there anyway I can make a table like the one below. Where
| there would be one brake in the first line and two in the second. -
| Frontpage 2002
| Thanks,
| ______________
| |____________ |
| |______|______|
| |___|____|____|
| --
| Louis Johnson MFB
| Microsoft Frontpage Begginner
| Bahamalouie.com
 
M

Murray

Tables like that are usually big trouble when you start loading in content.
The colspans wire all those cells together in ways that can produce puzzling
and undesirable results. This is particularly true when you throw in a
rowspan or two. In addition, even a simple looking table like that can
befuddle a browser - heavy use of 'spans' will bring your rendering of such
tables to a crawl as the browser tries to figure out which cell goes where.

That's why I recommended the three stacked tables. There is no surprising
cell interaction, and there is no rendering delay.
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

I'd agree the nested way is better for most users that don't understand table structure, and start to drag or insert cells, etc
- but I have not seen a level 4+ browser fail to recognize the row/column spans If they are correct
- I have seen it fail when they don't add up correctly




| Tables like that are usually big trouble when you start loading in content.
| The colspans wire all those cells together in ways that can produce puzzling
| and undesirable results. This is particularly true when you throw in a
| rowspan or two. In addition, even a simple looking table like that can
| befuddle a browser - heavy use of 'spans' will bring your rendering of such
| tables to a crawl as the browser tries to figure out which cell goes where.
|
| That's why I recommended the three stacked tables. There is no surprising
| cell interaction, and there is no rendering delay.
|
| --
| Murray
|
| | > Use this
| >
| > <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
| > <tr>
| > <td colspan="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > </tr><tr>
| > <td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > <td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > </tr><tr>
| > <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > <td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > </tr>
| > </table>
| >
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | > | Hello,
| > | Is there anyway I can make a table like the one below. Where
| > | there would be one brake in the first line and two in the second. -
| > | Frontpage 2002
| > | Thanks,
| > | ______________
| > | |____________ |
| > | |______|______|
| > | |___|____|____|
| > | --
| > | Louis Johnson MFB
| > | Microsoft Frontpage Begginner
| > | Bahamalouie.com
| >
| >
|
|
 
M

Murray

I'd agree the nested way is better for most users that don't understand
table structure, and start to drag or insert cells, etc
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But my recommendation was stacked not nested.

- but I have not seen a level 4+ browser fail to recognize the row/column
spans If they are correct

It's not that they don't recognize them. But if there is a complex mix of
row- and colspans (i.e., anything more than 3 of each - an arbitrary
number), the rendering will slow down, and changes to contents in the
southeast corner cell can affect the shape of the cell in the northwest
corner of the table. This is the kind of thing that makes row- and colspans
evil like frames.

- I have seen it fail when they don't add up correctly

Soitenly.


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Murray

Stefan B Rusynko said:
I'd agree the nested way is better for most users that don't understand
table structure, and start to drag or insert cells, etc
- but I have not seen a level 4+ browser fail to recognize the row/column
spans If they are correct
- I have seen it fail when they don't add up correctly




| Tables like that are usually big trouble when you start loading in
content.
| The colspans wire all those cells together in ways that can produce
puzzling
| and undesirable results. This is particularly true when you throw in a
| rowspan or two. In addition, even a simple looking table like that can
| befuddle a browser - heavy use of 'spans' will bring your rendering of
such
| tables to a crawl as the browser tries to figure out which cell goes
where.
|
| That's why I recommended the three stacked tables. There is no
surprising
| cell interaction, and there is no rendering delay.
|
| --
| Murray
|
| | > Use this
| >
| > <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
| > <tr>
| > <td colspan="4">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > </tr><tr>
| > <td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > <td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > </tr><tr>
| > <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > <td colspan="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
| > </tr>
| > </table>
| >
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | > | Hello,
| > | Is there anyway I can make a table like the one below.
Where
| > | there would be one brake in the first line and two in the
cond. -
| > | Frontpage 2002
| > | Thanks,
| > | ______________
| > | |____________ |
| > | |______|______|
| > | |___|____|____|
| > | --
| > | Louis Johnson MFB
| > | Microsoft Frontpage Begginner
| > | Bahamalouie.com
| >
| >
|
|
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