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Originally Posted by ryanfait
I'm not sure what you're trying to do. A div is a cell of sorts, but each div is independent. There is no way to get a div to respond to the dimensions of another.
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That is indeed what I'm trying to do: organize content into "cells" without using labels. I think I need to shift gears and visualize the layout in another way.
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Originally Posted by ryanfait
When you migrate to CSS from tables, you need to overcome the mentality that websites should be divided into cells. |
Yes, I do. I most easily visualize a layout as a collection of rows and columns. Again, I need to rethink this approach.
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Originally Posted by ryanfait
Oh, and if you're using CSS to display raw data, it should be in a table. I've seen some people so thoroughly disgusted with tables that they used groups of unordered lists to simulate a table. Tables aren't evil, they just don't have a place in website layouts.
I'm probably going on a stray tangent with this post... |
No, not really. "table" is a valid
HTML element and has a valid purpose. But then there could be a discussion on the definition of "raw data", and why some people include a series of links (i.e., a navbar) among this category.
By the way, I'm not sure why, but the "instant email notification" feature of this forum seems to work sporadically at best: I was notified of only one of your replies, even though I read the reply immediately afterward. In any case, I'm very glad for the help.