[memered]

hi! I have a problem with the alignment of a table. my web page consists of a table made of two rows. in the second row, I have a menu designed as a table. The problem is I can't align this menu (table) in order to stay fixed to the previous row. I tried from css: margin-top:0, from html valign="top" but it's useless. and this situation doesn't allow me to give exact dimensions of the big table (web page) because then the menu doesn't stay correctly.
The first picture is that of the wrong look of the menu and the second, the way I would like it to be (and the way it is when there are more things written in the page)

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[supasnail]

Don't use tables for layout.

[benbacardi]

To solve that problem I think you'd need to add valign="top" to the <td> which the menu and content sits in.

But, as supersnail says... don't use tables for layout! You'd be far better off converting this to a CSS based layout.

[memered]

benbacardi, on May 26 2008, 08:02 AM, said:

To solve that problem I think you'd need to add valign="top" to the <td> which the menu and content sits in.

But, as supersnail says... don't use tables for layout! You'd be far better off converting this to a CSS based layout.

unfortunately it doesn't work it aligns only the text, not the column

This post has been edited by memered: 26 May 2008 - 07:20 AM

[marcamos]

Can you show us the code by linking to the site?

[memered]

Marc Amos, on May 26 2008, 09:10 AM, said:

Can you show us the code by linking to the site?

well I'm not sure how can I do that... I'll leave you my IP adress and the way to the file 10.0.0.1/nouatestat2/teste.html (this is with my server IP; with the client IP : 86.120.23.6/nouatestat2/teste.html

[Ben Abrams]

memered, on May 26 2008, 01:54 PM, said:

well I'm not sure how can I do that... I'll leave you my IP adress and the way to the file 10.0.0.1/nouatestat2/teste.html (this is with my server IP; with the client IP : 86.120.23.6/nouatestat2/teste.html

can you not post some code?

[supasnail]

better still, upload your site to some free hosting site if you don't have any hosting already. Somewhere like 5gbfree.com might do just for showing your problems.

[memered]

it's ok, I succeeded to solve the problem. I added valign="top" in <td> and it works. Thanks anyway for your support!

[benbacardi]

I'm sure that's what I suggested earlier!

[supasnail]

benbacardi, on May 27 2008, 12:19 AM, said:

I'm sure that's what I suggested earlier!

Yep, Almost word for word lol. But still using tables for layout, so not really problem solved but a whole host of problems gained.

[memered]

supasnail, on May 26 2008, 07:59 PM, said:

Yep, Almost word for word lol. But still using tables for layout, so not really problem solved but a whole host of problems gained.

yeah, I know but I was so tired that I understood something else... and there is one more problem, how could I make hover work in IE?

This post has been edited by memered: 27 May 2008 - 06:17 AM

[marcamos]

memered, on May 27 2008, 07:12 AM, said:

yeah, I know but I was so tired that I understood something else... and there is one more problem, how could I make hover work in IE?

Depending on what you'd like to hover over, and assuming you're referring to IE6, it's appropriate to either wrap the item in an anchor element or use JavaScript for some sort of onmouseover event.

If you're referring to IE7, then you can use the :hover pseudo-class.

[memered]

yeah, well I've solved that problem and tomorrow I have to present my project. the thing is I used a table for my menu, not a list (because I find it easier) and I don't know what to say if they ask me why didn't I used list-menu. Any smart answers that could motivate my choice (form IT point of view), or if not, why isn't it a wrong idea to use table. Hope you'll give me some inspiration in answering this possible question

[haku]

Hate to tell you this, but I think you will find the general consensus here is that you should have used a list! A menu isn't tabular information, so it shouldn't be a table.

You still have a number of hours, try and switch it to a list (back up your files first). If you are able to do it, then you are set! And if you aren't, when you are asked why you used a table, say 'I wanted to use a list as I understand it is the way it should be done, however I ran into time issues, and so I used a table as a short-term fix'.

This shows that you recognize what you should have done, hopefully earning you some points

[sypher]

I agree with haku

[marcamos]

Precisely what haku says, his advice is golden.