overflow part of content to the left side?

[Zhang Weiwu]

Dear all

I got the following HTML:
<div id="div1" style="width: 100%; overflow: hidden;">
<table>...</table>
</div>

The table element is controlled by javascript and grows by width during
user interaction. I wonder if it is possible to set CSS so that when the
table grows wider than the containing div, the left side flows out of
the containing <divrather than the right side.

Is it possible? Or must it be done with javascript?

I made two picture to show what I mean. But even if the two pictures
together is still less than 8KB, probably this group in general prefer
not to accept attachments, thus here I ask should I post attached pictures?

[Ben C]

Re: overflow part of content to the left side?

On 2008-06-05, Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@rea lss.comwrote:

Dear all
>
I got the following HTML:
><div id="div1" style="width: 100%; overflow: hidden;">
><table>...</table>
></div>
>
The table element is controlled by javascript and grows by width during
user interaction. I wonder if it is possible to set CSS so that when the
table grows wider than the containing div, the left side flows out of
the containing <divrather than the right side.

Yes it's possible. direction: rtl on the table should do it (but that
doesn't work properly in many browsers). Better make the table float:
right.

You probably don't need width: 100% on the containing div.

[...]

I made two picture to show what I mean. But even if the two pictures
together is still less than 8KB, probably this group in general prefer
not to accept attachments, thus here I ask should I post attached pictures?

Post urls, never attach.

[Blinky the Shark]

Re: overflow part of content to the left side?

Zhang Weiwu wrote:

Dear all
>
I got the following HTML:
<div id="div1" style="width: 100%; overflow: hidden;"<table> ...</table>
</div>
>
The table element is controlled by javascript and grows by width during
user interaction. I wonder if it is possible to set CSS so that when the
table grows wider than the containing div, the left side flows out of the
containing <divrather than the right side.
>
Is it possible? Or must it be done with javascript?
>
I made two picture to show what I mean. But even if the two pictures
together is still less than 8KB, probably this group in general prefer not
to accept attachments, thus here I ask should I post attached pictures?

Even if the group in general did not want attachments, many servers will
strip them from text groups. Text groups. Text. Simple.


--
Blinky
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project -- http://improve-usenet.org
Found 5/08: a free GG-blocking news *feed* -- http://usenet4all.se

[Zhang Weiwu]

Re: overflow part of content to the left side?

Ben C wrote:

On 2008-06-05, Zhang Weiwu <zhangweiwu@rea lss.comwrote:

>Dear all
>>
>I got the following HTML:
><div id="div1" style="width: 100%; overflow: hidden;">
><table>...</table>
></div>
>>
>The table element is controlled by javascript and grows by width during
>user interaction. I wonder if it is possible to set CSS so that when the
>table grows wider than the containing div, the left side flows out of
>the containing <divrather than the right side.

>
Yes it's possible. direction: rtl on the table should do it (but that
doesn't work properly in many browsers). Better make the table float:
right.

Thanks. A float: right set it right on the right.

You probably don't need width: 100% on the containing div.

Oh I need it because the initial table width was only 50% of the
viewport, it grows later. But the original table width sets the
containing <divwidth.