force column width in a table?

[David]

Hi,

I want to ensure one column in a table is always the same number of pixels
wide no matter what the screen resolution is set to on the visitors PC - the
other two columns can wrap away top their hearts content.

How do I do this please? The code below doesn't do it.

<table border="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<td width="180" valign="top">&n bsp;</td>
<td width="*" valign="top">&n bsp;</td>
<td width="*" valign="top">&n bsp</td>
</tr>
</table>

[Evertjan.]

Re: force column width in a table?

David wrote on 04 jul 2003 in comp.lang.javas cript:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I want to ensure one column in a table is always the same number of
> pixels wide no matter what the screen resolution is set to on the
> visitors PC - the other two columns can wrap away top their hearts
> content.
>
> How do I do this please? The code below doesn't do it.
>
> <table border="1" width="100%">
> <tr>
> <td width="180" valign="top">&n bsp;</td>
> <td width="*" valign="top">&n bsp;</td>
> <td width="*" valign="top">&n bsp</td>
> </tr>
> </table>[/color]

A bit strange but it works (IE6):

<table width="100%" border=1>
<tr><td width="105px">
<div style="width:10 5px;overflow:hi dden;">
qwertyqwertyqwe rtyqwertyqwerty qwertyqwerty
</div>
</td><td>
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
</td><tr/></table>


--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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[David]

Re: force column width in a table?

[color=blue]
> A bit strange but it works (IE6):
>
> <table width="100%" border=1>
> <tr><td width="105px">
> <div style="width:10 5px;overflow:hi dden;">
> qwertyqwertyqwe rtyqwertyqwerty qwertyqwerty
> </div>
> </td><td>
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> </td><tr/></table>[/color]


Thanks - it's a bit of a shame as the IE page works fine, the page I'm
working on is the one optimised for Netscape :(

I think I'll have a rethink.

David