Hi
I have a problem with the absolute positioning of a table, drives me insane
with this code you can create a little table 150px from top with two rows text and a little thin separator line in between those two rows
everything ok, it seems
BUT ! if you want to print the page (or just view the print preview) and print background images is enabled then you notice that my cute little separator line becomes a big thick fat line !
When I omit the absolute positioning then the problem disappears but the table is part of a more complicated page, in which the absolute positioning is absolutely necessary.
does anyone know the reason of this prob and how to solve it ?
thanks
Wouter
<DIV style='position:absolute; top: 150px; '>
<table width= 100 >
<tr>
<td>row content 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor=black height=3px></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>row content 2</td>
</tr>
</table>
</DIV>You might try placing this with the META tag block-set:
<STYLE TYPE="text/css" MEDIA="print">
Please let me know if this helps.
__ JIM G.Originally posted by ZeeKoei
You are misusing the tables. That is the problem.
<td bgcolor=black height=3px></td>
This need not give you desired result. Table cell will resize to fit its content. Probably, while printing, your browser assumes the specific td to contain a space, while screen display assumes the td to be empty. May be the following link would help:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/img-table/">http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/img-table/</a><!-- m -->
You may think of using this instead:
<div style="position: absolute; top: 150px; left: 0; width: 100px">
<p style="margin: 0; padding: 2px; border-bottom: solid black 3px">row content 1</p>
<p style="margin: 0; padding: 2px;">row content 2</p>
</div>
(Replace padding: 2px with whatever cellpadding you used for your table)
I have a problem with the absolute positioning of a table, drives me insane
with this code you can create a little table 150px from top with two rows text and a little thin separator line in between those two rows
everything ok, it seems
BUT ! if you want to print the page (or just view the print preview) and print background images is enabled then you notice that my cute little separator line becomes a big thick fat line !
When I omit the absolute positioning then the problem disappears but the table is part of a more complicated page, in which the absolute positioning is absolutely necessary.
does anyone know the reason of this prob and how to solve it ?
thanks
Wouter
<DIV style='position:absolute; top: 150px; '>
<table width= 100 >
<tr>
<td>row content 1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor=black height=3px></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>row content 2</td>
</tr>
</table>
</DIV>You might try placing this with the META tag block-set:
<STYLE TYPE="text/css" MEDIA="print">
Please let me know if this helps.
__ JIM G.Originally posted by ZeeKoei
You are misusing the tables. That is the problem.
<td bgcolor=black height=3px></td>
This need not give you desired result. Table cell will resize to fit its content. Probably, while printing, your browser assumes the specific td to contain a space, while screen display assumes the td to be empty. May be the following link would help:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/img-table/">http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2002/img-table/</a><!-- m -->
You may think of using this instead:
<div style="position: absolute; top: 150px; left: 0; width: 100px">
<p style="margin: 0; padding: 2px; border-bottom: solid black 3px">row content 1</p>
<p style="margin: 0; padding: 2px;">row content 2</p>
</div>
(Replace padding: 2px with whatever cellpadding you used for your table)