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> table-layout:fixed but not as it should be, table collumns are the wrong width in ie
YokoPolaris
post May 27 2009, 12:56 PM
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Ok so this is the table I need, it displays correctly in firefox but not in ie and it's all about the fixed layout, any advice?

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/frameset.dtd">
<html>
    <head>
        <style type="text/css">
            table {
            table-layout:fixed;
            border:solid;
            border-color:black;
            }
            td.a {
            border:solid;
            border-color:black;
            width:1000px;
            height:227px;
            }
            td.ba {
            border:solid;
            border-color:black;
            width:101px;
            height:600px;
            }
            td.bb {
            border:solid;            
            border-color:black;
            width:600px;
            height:600px;
            }
            td.bc {
            border:solid;
            border-color:black;
            width:43px;
            height:600px;
            }
            td.bd {
            border:solid;
            border-color:black;            
            width:128px;
            height:600px;
            }
            td.be {
            border:solid;
            border-color:black;            
            width:128px;
            height:600px;
            }
            td.c {
            border:solid;
            border-color:black;            
            width:1000px;
            height:172px;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <table class="table">
            <tr class="a">
                <td class="a" colspan="5">blah
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="b">
                <td class="ba">blah
                </td>
                <td class="bb">blah
                </td>            
                <td class="bc">blah
                </td>
                <td class="bd">blah
                </td>
                <td class="be">blah
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr class="c">
                <td class="c" colspan="5">blah
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
    </body>
</html>


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post May 27 2009, 03:13 PM
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So what happens if you don't use 'table-layout:fixed'?
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post May 27 2009, 03:52 PM
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Forgot to say that you shouldn't use a frames doctype when the document isn't a frameset one.
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post May 27 2009, 04:36 PM
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if I don't use it they're both fine (they look like they do in firefox), this is a skeleton version of the final page. I broke it down to it's simplest state to try and figure out what was wrong with it. You're right about the frameset, but it will use an iframe when it's all done so i wanted everything to be like it will. Any ideas?
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post May 27 2009, 05:07 PM
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You don't need the frameset doctype to use iframes. You need the frameset doctype only when you're using traditional frames with framesets.
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post May 28 2009, 02:01 AM
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Right. Do you need to use table-layout: fixed?
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post May 28 2009, 07:20 AM
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QUOTE(YokoPolaris @ May 27 2009, 11:36 PM) *

if I don't use it they're both fine (they look like they do in firefox), this is a skeleton version of the final page. I broke it down to it's simplest state to try and figure out what was wrong with it.

So what's wrong with it when you don't use "table-layout: fixed"? unsure.gif
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post May 28 2009, 10:48 AM
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QUOTE(Darin McGrew @ May 27 2009, 06:07 PM) *

You don't need the frameset doctype to use iframes. You need the frameset doctype only when you're using traditional frames with framesets.


That's good to know! Thanks!
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post May 28 2009, 10:54 AM
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QUOTE(pandy @ May 28 2009, 03:01 AM) *

Right. Do you need to use position fixed?



QUOTE(Christian J @ May 28 2009, 08:20 AM) *

QUOTE(YokoPolaris @ May 27 2009, 11:36 PM) *

if I don't use it they're both fine (they look like they do in firefox), this is a skeleton version of the final page. I broke it down to it's simplest state to try and figure out what was wrong with it.

So what's wrong with it when you don't use "table-layout: fixed"? unsure.gif


i guess i shouldn't have said they were fine, what i meant to say was that the column widths were fine but in ie when i nest the iframe inside the 600X600 table cell it to expands it's height to accommodate, even though the iframe is exactly 600X600. So I tired making the iframe a little smaller (595X595) and it doesn't seem to help. That's why i wanted to use table-layout:fixed
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post May 28 2009, 11:00 AM
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QUOTE(pandy @ May 27 2009, 04:52 PM) *

Forgot to say that you shouldn't use a frames doctype when the document isn't a frameset one.


how about if i change it to transitional? Is that more appropriate?
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post May 31 2009, 11:31 AM
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no ideas?
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post May 31 2009, 11:58 AM
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If you need to use target (to load pages in the IFRAME) you have no other choice.
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