I am trying to stick the table absolute top left no gaps

thanksalot · Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Posts: 2

Hi, I am pulling my hair out about this, please help,

How do I "stick" this table in the absolute top left corner of the web page, I always get this 10ish px gap on top and left from it. I am trying to avoid this gap, and to lock it to top and left wall.

I use plain HTML editor , Nvu for this, how should I write it in code?

Here is the result what I got so far, need to stick it to the top left

here is the code:

Thanks A Lot!

Straystudio · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 92 Location: Nord Italy

Thanks a lot for posting example, and for posting it in time before it grows to large a page.

Issue has to do with BODY Element setting.
It is a normal behaviour You meet, indeed.
All Browsers apply a default margin all around the stuff (body) the document has to display.
Slight difference among Browser brands, default margin runs around 8 pixel; if no different value is assigned in writing the document.

Telling it nothing, Browser do not takes that value as "zero", but as a "given pixel".
To have no-margin(s), You have to make the "zero" value entered;
and You will get Your TABLE as You expect.

Open Document in HTML Editor, find <body> tag and change it into:

<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginleft="0" margintop="0">

You can also assign a background-color to the body element, by entering bgcolor="" Attribute.
Color is rendered depending on the Value You enter; with words You have a few fixed standard color, as:

white (default)
black
gray
red
maroon
pink
yellow
green
blue
aqua

with other coding, You can render more ones. Works so:
#000000 #ffffff #ff0000
#555555 #9a9a9a #9a0000

Anyone may prefer to keep the margins as the Browsers do (or to fix them to a value), and giving to the whole body an appropriate BCCOLOR according to the page layout.

Now it is late here in Italy, I'll be back soon;
wishes,
ENZO

thanksalot · Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Posts: 2

ENZO! thanks a lot, Viva Italia!

Exacto Mundo!

This is what I wanted to do, as you advised