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Re: Alignment of three tables

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John Harris wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>   <snip>
>> Plain CSS provides several viable alternatives already:
>>
>>  /* CSS1 */
>>  col.col1, th, td.col1 {
>>    width: 95px;
>>  }
>   <snip>
> 
> Since when have px values been a good idea outside of image
> dimensions?

They are not.  If you read more carefully, I have provided the plain-CSS 
equivalents of Denis’ script when it were executed in Quirks Mode; that 
script is a bad example in that regard as well.  This approach works with 
any CSS unit of length.

I would use “em” or “%”, depending on whether it mattered more that the text 
content fits well into the column or that the column widths were 
proportional to the width of the containing block, respectively.  And I 
would use “(min-)width” and “max-width” on “th” and “td” elements if the 
actual column width should not be changed by cell content, with the 
mentioned “overflow” etc.

It should also be noted that attribute selectors would rather easily allow 
to consider cells that span several columns in CSS, although for older 
layout engines you would have to use yet another CSS class (several CSS 
classes can be specified for the same element).

<http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-sel2>

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Alignment of three tables "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2013-06-09 08:49 -0600
  Re: Alignment of three tables Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 08:18 -0700
  Re: Alignment of three tables Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 20:02 +0000
    Re: Alignment of three tables "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2013-06-09 15:01 -0600
      Re: Alignment of three tables Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 22:50 +0000
    Re: Alignment of three tables Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-10 00:46 +0200
      Re: Alignment of three tables John Harris <niam@jghnorth.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-06-10 14:41 +0100
        Re: Alignment of three tables Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-10 17:35 +0200
      Re: Alignment of three tables "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2013-06-10 09:08 -0600
        Re: Alignment of three tables "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2013-06-10 11:16 -0600
          Re: Alignment of three tables Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 02:05 +0000
            Re: Alignment of three tables Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-11 05:09 +0200
              Re: Alignment of three tables "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2013-06-11 10:59 +0200
                Re: Alignment of three tables Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-11 16:51 +0200
              Re: Alignment of three tables Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 15:38 +0200
                Re: Alignment of three tables Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-06-14 20:26 +0200
                Re: Alignment of three tables Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2013-06-14 21:22 +0200
                Re: Alignment of three tables Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2013-06-15 00:36 +0200
                Re: Alignment of three tables Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-15 12:04 +0200
                Re: Alignment of three tables Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-06-15 11:41 +0200
                Re: Alignment of three tables Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 13:53 +0200
                Re: Alignment of three tables Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-06-17 04:28 -0700
  Re: Alignment of three tables "Andy" <andy@NOSPAMmanyplay.com> - 2013-06-10 09:19 +0100
  Re: Alignment of three tables Dr J R Stockton <reply1300@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2013-06-12 18:56 +0100

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