Empty cells within tables
Huguette Dupont
Hi!
There is the problem :
I'm using a table to show information selected in a database. The
table format is always the same,whatever the values selected.
When a certain cell has no value, or worst, many consecutive cells, the
browser doesn't draw the lines between cells (only those without
values). It doesn't looks great!!!
I'd like to know how to solve this problem.
Thanks!
Hugie :)
Martin van den Berg
If I understand your problem correctly, then the code   (a hard
coded space) will do the trick.
HTH,
Martin
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Ken Bigelow
Huguette Dupont wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> There is the problem :
>
> I'm using a table to show information selected in a database. The
> table format is always the same,whatever the values selected.
>
> When a certain cell has no value, or worst, many consecutive cells, the
> browser doesn't draw the lines between cells (only those without
> values). It doesn't looks great!!!
>
> I'd like to know how to solve this problem.
>
> Thanks!
Try putting just a space in the cell: <td> </td>.
If that doesn't work the way you want, use <td> </td> to put a
non-breaking space in there. That gets handled as a valid character that
just doesn't happen to display anything.
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TE LeVere
In article <56uvv5$l...@bmtlh10.bnr.ca>, Huguette Dupont <"stud6z5"@nortel.ca (bnr400)> wrote:
>Hi!
>
>There is the problem :
>
> I'm using a table to show information selected in a database. The
>table format is always the same,whatever the values selected.
>
> When a certain cell has no value, or worst, many consecutive cells, the
>browser doesn't draw the lines between cells (only those without
>values). It doesn't looks great!!!
>
> I'd like to know how to solve this problem.
>
>Thanks!
Just put something in the cell that dosn't print, like say <BR>
Hope this helps
Tom
Al
Huguette Dupont wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> There is the problem :
>
> I'm using a table to show information selected in a database. The
> table format is always the same,whatever the values selected.
>
> When a certain cell has no value, or worst, many consecutive cells, the
> browser doesn't draw the lines between cells (only those without
> values). It doesn't looks great!!!
>
> I'd like to know how to solve this problem.
>
> Thanks!
> Hugie :)
Easy! Place a dot . at the beginning of every cell in the same color as
the background which renders a near invisible character. All cells will
draw. You can also assign minmum cell sizes to each cell so they draw,
but that is browser iffy as to whether they will draw everytime. The dot
guarantees a draw but mucks up spacing a tad. Of course this assumes
that table size is not important.
If it is then;
You can do it the hard way by writing a function fill.space() and use an
IF to find the empties and assign a zero or - character value on the
write.
Me likes the dots! Quicker,less headaches,No debugs, and browser /
platform independent!
Al
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Tony Olekshy
I find the easiest way to get an otherwise empty table cell's frame
borders to indent is to put in the cell.
Yours, &c, Tony Olekshy
Matthias Malsy
There is an more easy way ...
Just use the command to do that.
That's an none braking space
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Or just place a <BR> in the table cell.
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Simon Lee
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:45:41 +0100, Matthias Malsy <ma...@globit.com>
wrote:
>There is an more easy way ...
>Just use the command to do that.
>That's an none braking space
>
I use   is it the same?
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Anthony K. Chu
>On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:45:41 +0100, Matthias Malsy <ma...@globit.com>
>wrote:
>
>>There is an more easy way ...
>>Just use the command to do that.
>>That's an none braking space
>>
>
>I use   is it the same?
Exactly the same.   is just the ISO equivalent to nbsp. I think
anything that understands <TABLE> should also understand both methods
of saying non-breaking space.
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Ron Levenberg
You can also put "<br>" in the cell - that does the trick with 2 fewer
characters.
Ron Levenberg - r...@cc.bellcore.com
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 14:45:41 +0100, Matthias Malsy <ma...@globit.com>
wrote:
>There is an more easy way ...
>Just use the command to do that.
>That's an none braking space
>> > I'm using a table to show information selected in a database. The
>> > table format is always the same,whatever the values selected.
>> > When a certain cell has no value, or worst, many consecutive cells, the
>> > browser doesn't draw the lines between cells (only those without
>> > values).
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Brian Jonnes
>Or just place a <BR> in the table cell.
No. will be better, as the browser will not want to add an extra
line.
Cheers,
Brian
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>Matthias Malsy wrote:
>>
>> There is an more easy way ...
>> Just use the command to do that.
>> That's an none braking space
>>
>> Al wrote:
>> >
>> > Huguette Dupont wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hi!
>> > >
>> > > There is the problem :
>> > >
>> > > I'm using a table to show information selected in a database. The
>> > > table format is always the same,whatever the values selected.
>> > >
>> > > When a certain cell has no value, or worst, many consecutive cells, the
>> > > browser doesn't draw the lines between cells (only those without