Unwanted Resizing

Samm · Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 1

How do I tell my document not to resize the tables if the window is too small to fit them, and to activate scrollbars instead?

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 406 Location: Nova Scotia

Set your table size to a specific pixel width/height.

DCCS - The Apprentice · Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 68 Location: DC

may I start by saying, I'm doing HTML/css, but I am refined to using frontpage. so already my nerves are at their net end.

to continue however...

in front page, I set the width and height as a percentage, it looks great in frontpage's small little preview area, but on full screen on my 21" monitor it looks horrid.

I have two tables, aligned to the left of the page. one on top of the other, seperated by a <br>. even if that page break is not there, they are still right on top of each other. so it looks like this (excuse the ASCII art, "-" = 1 space, or blankness)
___________________________
|[table]---------------------------------|
|[table]---------------------------------|
|__________________________|

however, in full screen, if the table height and width are set by percentages or by pixels, it looks like this:

___________________________
|[table--------][-----------------------]|
|----------------[----table-------------]|
|__________________________|

the second table, or the one originally below it, is then beside it, yet slightly down because of the one <br>.

I've tried making both the tables inside one big table. that, however, seens to be at my dismay.

some enlightenment on just how to fix my tables to fit, as well as stretch and work with window or resolution changes, would be greatly appreciated! Very Happy

thanks fellas

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 406 Location: Nova Scotia

Could you post the code here for us to look at?

DCCS - The Apprentice · Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 68 Location: DC

yeah, sure. you can go ahead and take a look at it in your own html editor, and preview it in IE, there's really no picture usage. I am aware there are a few tags without ending tags, it's been a long day, so please excuse the mess.

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 406 Location: Nova Scotia

Just a quick response untill I get time to review the code -

DCCS - The Apprentice · Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 68 Location: DC

yeah that's what I was trying to do. but if I have to apply tr's and td's. hmm, that seems like a daunting task unless I'm just making it seem like it's more compicated than it really is.

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 406 Location: Nova Scotia

I only added two opening tags and two closing tags

DCCS - The Apprentice · Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 68 Location: DC

hmm, alright. thanks. so now do I need to just edit the first to make the other to size correctly?

DCCS - The Apprentice · Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 68 Location: DC

and correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that idea you suggested basicly nesting?

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 406 Location: Nova Scotia

You win the door prize - that is correct!

DCCS - The Apprentice · Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 68 Location: DC

well thank you, I'm gigglin like a little japanese school girl.

but, how am I gonna solve this problem? I've run into a new one as well. IE is viewing the page and stuff totally skewed. ahh!

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 406 Location: Nova Scotia

I went through the code you have and found that there are still two open table tags.

I would suggest that you change all of your tables to show a border of at least "1". That way you can "see" the table as the browser interprets the code. Once you get the tables to appear the way you want, then change the tables back to "no" border.

With out the graphics or even a live webpage to look at it is difficult for me to picture what you are trying to create.

mjpliv · Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 406 Location: Nova Scotia

This may help as well - Object Oriented Programming.

Instead of trying to create a whole bunch of nested tables all at once, Start with the inner most tables and work your way out. Create the table data to appear the way you want first then create another table around it or create a table that holds two separate inner tables.

Always start with the smallest, simplest component first and then add required table layers one at a time, checking the webpage as you go along.

I noticed a lot of colspan modifiers that I could not trace in your code. Did you add these or is it code generated by FrontPage?

DCCS - The Apprentice · Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Posts: 68 Location: DC

alright, sorry about that. I appreciate the help. until I can think of a way to post a screen shot on here, there's really no way I can help you to see what I'm sayin. unless you have a way to post one. that is if you have the time, I sure don't. no time to tinker for me :/ but again thanks fella