valign=top isn't working

[creativehulk]

I have a multi-column table that has a tall, left column designated for
navigation and two right columns for page content. Whenever the content in
these right columns is less than the left column's content ,it won't align at
the top in IE.

I have valign="top" at all TDs. The only way to get it to align at the top is
to put a bunch of BRs after the content to fill the cell up. I tried wrapping
the content inside a DIV with a valign - no luck. Also, I tried applying a
vertical-align=top with CSS on the TD.

This trouble is seen on Mac IE5 and Windows IE6 browsers, Netscape is fine on
both platforms and so is Mac Firefox and Safari.

I'm too far along to scrap the tables, rebuilding the layout of the page with
CSS. I also can't change my Doc type (HTML 1.0 Transistional) because it works
best for my menus.

Anyone have any idea why IE does this and how to make it align for IE? Thanks
in advance!!!

[Murray *ACE*]

Give your table temporary borders. You'll probably see that the top
alignment is working and is not the problem.

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"creativehulk" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>I have a multi-column table that has a tall, left column designated for
> navigation and two right columns for page content. Whenever the content in
> these right columns is less than the left column's content ,it won't align
> at
> the top in IE.
>
> I have valign="top" at all TDs. The only way to get it to align at the top
> is
> to put a bunch of BRs after the content to fill the cell up. I tried
> wrapping
> the content inside a DIV with a valign - no luck. Also, I tried applying a
> vertical-align=top with CSS on the TD.
>
> This trouble is seen on Mac IE5 and Windows IE6 browsers, Netscape is fine
> on
> both platforms and so is Mac Firefox and Safari.
>
> I'm too far along to scrap the tables, rebuilding the layout of the page
> with
> CSS. I also can't change my Doc type (HTML 1.0 Transistional) because it
> works
> best for my menus.
>
> Anyone have any idea why IE does this and how to make it align for IE?
> Thanks
> in advance!!!
>

[creativehulk]

You're absolutely correct! It is aligning to the top. It's the cell above it
that is stretching. The thing is I have a height restriction on that cell.

The table is built like this: the left column spans 2 rows with no height
restriction, the top right cell has the height restriction and the cell below
that has no height restriction.

Any suggestions on how to stop it from stretching in IE, sir?

[Murray *ACE*]

This is a poster child illustration for why a) dragging on tables to 'shape'
them is a waste of time - it does nothing of the sort, b) why it's much
better to leave tables alone than try to bludgeon them into shape - the
already know how to fit around the contents, and c) how a little HTML
knowledge can go a long way when creating pages in DW.

> Any suggestions on how to stop it from stretching in IE, sir?

Stop trying. Make your outer table a 2 cell table with a nested table in
each cell. For the right nested table, use CSS to apply padding to the cell
that it's in so that the 'height' restriction is imposed by the padding
pushing the table down.

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"creativehulk" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> You're absolutely correct! It is aligning to the top. It's the cell above
> it
> that is stretching. The thing is I have a height restriction on that cell.
>
> The table is built like this: the left column spans 2 rows with no height
> restriction, the top right cell has the height restriction and the cell
> below
> that has no height restriction.
>
> Any suggestions on how to stop it from stretching in IE, sir?
>