Table Height

[jojo]

"Vistastar" [email]webforumsuser@macromedia.com[/email] wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Can someone tell me is it possible to extend the bottom of a table, after content is added without everything becoming misplaced?

Hi

Table height is invalid mark up and best avoided. Your table should be
allowed to collapse around your content.


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[Murray *TMM*]

Vista:

Imagine this -

Put a 2 row by 2 column table on the page. Merge the two right hand cells
into a single column. Put an image into each left cell, and you will see
that they merge vertically seamlessly. Now begin to add content to the
merged cell on the right and you will see that at some point you will have
forced the two left cells to begin to split apart vertically. The more
content you add to the right, the further apart the two left cells will get.
See what I mean?

To solve the problem, instead of making your page sit in a single table,
have it in several nested tables. For example, put a two column table on
the page with a nested
table in each column. Put some content in the left nested table, and other
content in the right nested table. Now, changes to the outer table's
structure or to any one of the nested tables will not affect either of the
inner nested tables.

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"Vistastar" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:bepbbk$n4p$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi,
>
> Can someone tell me is it possible to extend the bottom of a table, after

content is added without everything becoming misplaced?

>
> Thanks,
> Vistastar
>
>
>
>

[redblue4356]

hi,
i had made a table in a layer without specifying the width or height of it.
the table had links for alphebetical navigation like a b c d ....... and
clicking on a letter takes them to a page with stuff starting with taht letter.
it was ok at first but then i realized that i had made the spaces between the
letters links too. so i edited the code but now when i view the page in a
browser, the height appears more than it appears in dreamweaver. i even tried
giving particular height values to the table but its still the same. do i have
to increase the height of the table or the table row. watever it is i tried
both. maybe im doing something wrong.

CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME PLZ PLZ PLZ...........................

[redblue4356]

doesn't anyone know the answer to this?

[rob::db]

It's impossible to know what's happening without seeing your code. It's
generally a bad idea to use tables though, and you should never trust DW's
design view for anything but the most simple things.


redblue4356 wrote:

> hi,
> i had made a table in a layer without specifying the width or height
> of it. the table had links for alphebetical navigation like a b c d
> ....... and clicking on a letter takes them to a page with stuff
> starting with taht letter. it was ok at first but then i realized
> that i had made the spaces between the letters links too. so i edited
> the code but now when i view the page in a browser, the height
> appears more than it appears in dreamweaver. i even tried giving
> particular height values to the table but its still the same. do i
> have to increase the height of the table or the table row. watever it
> is i tried both. maybe im doing something wrong.
>
> CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME PLZ PLZ PLZ...........................

[redblue4356]

OK, actually I used the table for a little 3d look. As for the code, here it is
:
<div id="Layer6" style="position:absolute; width:475px; height:27px;
z-index:5; left: 222px; top: 239px;">
<table width="484" height="27" border="2" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"
bordercolor="#FFCCCC" bgcolor="#333300">
<tr>
<td width="460" height="10">
<div align="center">
<pre class="style22"><span class="style24 style20"># <a
href="cheats_a_1.htm">A</a> <a href="cheats_b_1.htm">B</a> <a
href="cheats_c_1.htm">C</a> <a href="cheats_d_1.htm">D</a> <a
href="cheats_e_1.htm">E</a> <a href="cheats_f_1.htm">F</a> <a
href="cheats_g_1.htm">G</a> <a href="cheats_h_1.htm">H</a> <a
href="cheats_i_1.htm">I</a> <a href="cheats_j_1.htm">J</a> <a
href="cheats_k_1.htm">K</a> <a href="cheats_l_1.htm">L</a> <a
href="cheats_m_1.htm">M</a> <a href="cheats_n_1.htm">N</a> <a
href="cheats_o_1.htm">O</a> <a href="cheats_p_1.htm">P</a> <a
href="cheats_q_1.htm">Q</a> <a href="cheats_r_1.htm">R</a> <a
href="cheats_s_1.htm">S</a> <a href="cheats_t_1.htm">T</a> <a
href="cheats_u_1.htm">U</a> <a href="cheats_v_1.htm">V</a> <a
href="cheats_w_1.htm">W</a> <a href="cheats_x_1.htm">X</a> <a
href="cheats_y_1.htm">Y</a> <a href="cheats_z_1.htm">Z</a></span></pre>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>

[redblue4356]

so can anyone help???

[aliencosmo]

That's right -- no valid HTML attribute for table height!!

Then why does Contribute add a height value to tables that it creates when
people click and drag to make a table taller???

And then why does Contribute prevent people from REMOVING that INVALID markup
that IT CREATED???