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nauman73

09-04-2003, 03:08 AM

Hi!

I am creating a web site that utilises HTML tables. I have two tables. One table contains a javascript tree. This tree contains different links. My requirement is that when I click a node of that tree, the link should open in the second table. Basically, both the tables are inside the cells of another table. Something like this

<table>

Fang

09-04-2003, 05:18 AM

A little bit more of the table please :)

Charles

09-04-2003, 05:31 AM

From the HTML 4.01 Specification:
Tables should not be used purely as a means to layout document content as this may present problems when rendering to non-visual media. Additionally, when used with graphics, these tables may force users to scroll horizontally to view a table designed on a system with a larger display. To minimize these problems, authors should use style sheets to control layout rather than tables.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#h-11.1Moreover, you need to be using the IFRAME (http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/present/frames.html#edef-IFRAME) or the OBJECT (http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#edef-OBJECT) elements. Note, however, that the IFRAME is defined in the transtioinal DTD. OBJECT, the strict.