Tables?

[Richcoleuk]

I have a table and set the cell width in pixels. when i enter text is stretches the width. how can i fix the width of the cell so it will take text and keep same width?

[jdavia]

Originally posted by Richcoleuk
I have a table and set the cell width in pixels. when i enter text is stretches the width. how can i fix the width of the cell so it will take text and keep same width?
Add a width to the cells.

<TABLE height="100%" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="100%" border="1">
<TR align="left" valign="top">
<TD width="50%" >This is some text This is some text This is some text This is some text This is some text This is some text</TD>
<TD width="50%" >This is some text</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

[Richcoleuk]

also if i want to set the font for the entire page do i just put

<font size="8" face="tahoma"> at the beginning?

[jdavia]

Originally posted by Richcoleuk
also if i want to set the font for the entire page do i just put

<font size="8" face="tahoma"> at the beginning?

Like this: But size "8" is is pretty big text. Don't forget the closing tag.
<font size="8" face="tahoma">Yout text here</font>

[Beauchamp]

hi there

Setting the font for the entire page:

You could use a standard font tag right at the beginning, then close it right at the end or you could use the BASEFONT tag, e.g.
<BASEFONT face="Verdana,Arial" size="2">
This tag can go in the HEAD or at the beginning of a document right after the BODY tag.


Table cell resizing - you have set a pixel width for a cell but the cell resizes when you enter text:

If you are using a web editor e.g. Dreamweaver check that the 'No Wrap' box in unticked for that cell.

Also, if you are specifying a narrow cell width check for long words in the text. A long word will force the cell width. You can reduce the font size, set a wider cell width in pixels or split the word with a hyphen if possible.


Hope that helps

[nkaisare]

Be advised that this is pre-1997 way of doing things. We are in 2003 now.

Avoid using tables for page layouts.
Avoid using <font> for font definitions.
Avoid using <basefont>. Especially true because if you do not have a proper doctype, basefont may be neglected by some browsers.

Use stylesheets instead.
Tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
CSS Layout: http://www.glish.com/css/
http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/boxes.html

[Nedals]

....set the cell width in pixels. when i enter text is stretches the width.If you set the cell widths in, say, row 1 and the put text in row 4, the text will cause the cell to expand. To solve this, you need to specify the cell width for the specific <td> cell that contains the text.
...set the font for the entire page...
You should really use CSS for that.

body { font:8pt Tahoma,sans-serif }
td { font:8pt Tahoma,sans-serif }
b { font-weight:bold }

I assume you mean 8pt not size="8" (HTML max = '7'). Size '7' is probably 36pt. The additional CSS items are there for Netscape (if you care)