Need to make space between wrapped text in a table narrower

katie_c_s · Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 4

Visit www.theroyalgazette.com for an example of the menu I am having trouble with. On the left of the page is a narrow menu with topics all the way down the page. When one of the topics is too long to fit, it wraps to the next line. I need to make the spaced between the wrapped lines narrower than the space between the topics. Here is the code. I have emitted the table attributes and other data as well as the java between the html for clarity, fyi. So this is only the data for the topics in the menu.

<td>
<a class="menu" href="<%= link %>"
target="_blank"
><b><%= subSections[j].getLongDisplay() %></b></a>
</td>

Thanks so much!

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 1116

Create a class and apply it to each <td> that has a link that wraps (give it a new name)

katie_c_s · Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 4

I made a class in a css sheet (I assumed that's what you meant), but I don't know how I can distinguish between the wrapped text and non-wrapped text in the jsp. Can you please explain that to me? Thank you. Here's from the css:

.wrap {
font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:8pt;
text-decoration:none;
color:#000000;
line-height: 75%;
}

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 1116

This is one of your links that wraps the text

katie_c_s · Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 4

See the problem is that this is a jsp and the html is actually part of a loop, so if I put the wrap class at the top, it just changes all of the lines. You can see the java in the code:

<a class="menu" href="<%= link %>"
><b><%= subSections[j].getLongDisplay() %></b></a>

So I don't know how to specify when the text is wrapped or not. I've found out that wrapping is usually done by the browser, so I don't know where to go from here. I really appreciate your help!

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 1116

If you apply the class to each <td> on each page that you want the text closer together in it will not effect the rest of the table elements. If you were to apply it globally to the table, then yes it would effect all table elements.
The only other way to remove the wrapping is to make the table wider to accomadate the longest text link.