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Table Question
Name: Bungle Date: August 10, 2004 at 02:10:57 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: Unknown
Comment:
Hi. I'm using Frontpage 2000 and already have a website done using a table that 750 Pixels wide and centred. I am going to redesign it. Where do I stand if I make the table 100 Percent? Will it fill the IE Screen on most peoples Screen Resolutions or will it look awful?
Name: Don Arnett Date: August 10, 2004 at 06:47:54 Pacific
Reply:
Possibly both.
100% indicates that the table will fill the entire width of the enclosing area (in this case the screen).
Whether that looks awful depends upon the contents and the viewer's tastes.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bungle Date: August 10, 2004 at 06:52:44 Pacific
Reply:
Hmm yes you're right! What happens if I design to a Screen Res of 1024 x 768 setting the table to 100% will someones browser with a screen res of 800 x 600 rearrange it all or just put in scroll bars?
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Response Number 3
Name: FBI Agent Date: August 10, 2004 at 08:18:12 Pacific
Reply:
lets put it this way... if you have 100% you have all of it... if you have a table going a width of 100% you're gonna be using all of it, no more, no less but all of it
Name: Bungle Date: August 10, 2004 at 08:37:35 Pacific
Reply:
Ok thanks!
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Response Number 5
Name: Don Arnett Date: August 10, 2004 at 10:33:59 Pacific
Reply:
In your example, a 800x600 browser will rearrange the contents but not add scroll bars.
If you don't want your contents rearranged, then instead of width=100%, use width=1024. Then narrower browsers will add scrollbars rather than rearranging.
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Response Number 6
Name: Bungle Date: August 11, 2004 at 06:26:31 Pacific
Reply:
Ahh thats what I needed to know thanks! So I set the table width to 1024 pixels? Cheers :o)
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Response Number 7
Name: coachdaley Date: September 3, 2004 at 22:11:59 Pacific
Reply:
Hey,
I would design to the lower 600x800. This way the 1024 people won't have to scroll and neither will the others. Believe it or not most still have 600x800. You may lose some customers if they have to scroll all the time.
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