Recommended way to create table

292 views
Skip to first unread message

Bob Ngu

unread,
Jun 20, 2009, 12:57:39 AM6/20/09
to Blueprint CSS
I typically use <table> tag to create a table (go figure lol) but is
that the recommended way using blueprint or is it better to use
multiple .container divs to create "rows".

Callum Wilson

unread,
Jun 20, 2009, 1:23:08 AM6/20/09
to bluepr...@googlegroups.com
Hi Bob,

Using a <table> is always the correct way to mark up tabular data,
irrespective of the css framework used.

cal.

--
Callum Wilson
calw...@gmail.com
Oxygen Kiosk
http://oxygenkiosk.com

oksushi on Freenode

Christian Montoya

unread,
Jun 21, 2009, 9:04:31 AM6/21/09
to bluepr...@googlegroups.com

Blueprint even has styles specifically for <table> tags, just look at
this page:
http://blueprintcss.org/tests/

That's a table, styled by Blueprint.

--
--
Christian Montoya
mappdev.com :: christianmontoya.net

Brendan

unread,
Jun 22, 2009, 6:18:55 AM6/22/09
to Blueprint CSS
As long as you're not using the table for layout of page elements then
the <table> tag is perfectly acceptable to use. The styling that
blueprint can apply to rows (such as by indicating an even vs. odd
row) is very nice. A general guide is that a table should only be used
for arranging data. Never for styling a page.

Bob Ngu

unread,
Jun 22, 2009, 11:04:39 AM6/22/09
to Blueprint CSS
Thanks everyone for your feedback, basically leveraging declarations
in screen.css for table elements, got it.
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages