Fill a cell with a control -- how the heck?

[William Sullivan]

I want to fill a cell in a table with a control. Lets say the control is a
listbox--something that you'd think would easily fill a cell, which would be
a good thing. So I create the table and stick the control inside, setting
its width and height to 100%. When I run the application, the control
appears to be an arbitrary size, each edge a different distance from its
relative edge. So, I go into the properties for the cell and set all margins
and padding to 0 pixels and try again. Same difference. Its enough to make
you say WTMF?! I can't find any info on doing this in google groups or
anywhere else. How can I do this? TIA!

[Eliyahu Goldin]

It will help if you examine the html output to see how the listbox renders
inside the cell.

Eliyahu

"William Sullivan" <Wi*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:07**********************************@microsof t.com...

I want to fill a cell in a table with a control. Lets say the control is a listbox--something that you'd think would easily fill a cell, which would be a good thing. So I create the table and stick the control inside, setting
its width and height to 100%. When I run the application, the control
appears to be an arbitrary size, each edge a different distance from its
relative edge. So, I go into the properties for the cell and set all margins and padding to 0 pixels and try again. Same difference. Its enough to make you say WTMF?! I can't find any info on doing this in google groups or
anywhere else. How can I do this? TIA!

[Tom A via DotNetMonster.com]

OK, basic question first: do you have any CSS setting for your tables / rows
/ cells? Could be that something there may be overriding your .aspx settings
for the TD.

[William Sullivan]

<td id="cellDocuments" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT:
0px; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px;
MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 323px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;
BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 194px" vAlign="top" align="left"
width="323" bgColor="#00ffff" height="194">
<!-- MSCellType="NavBody" -->
<select name="lbDocuments" size="4" id="lbDocuments"
style="height:100%;width:100%;">
</select></td>
The HTML matches what I put in VS, but still the listbox does not fill the
cell. There is a space of about five pixels on the left and bottom, and the
listbox is clipped by the cell on the right. Expanding the window stretches
the cell until the whole listbox is shown, which seems to be a constant width
of something around 300 pixels. "height:100%;width:100%;" does not do what
you would expect it to do.

"Eliyahu Goldin" wrote:

It will help if you examine the html output to see how the listbox renders
inside the cell.

Eliyahu

"William Sullivan" <Wi*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:07**********************************@microsof t.com...

I want to fill a cell in a table with a control. Lets say the control is

a

listbox--something that you'd think would easily fill a cell, which would

be

a good thing. So I create the table and stick the control inside, setting
its width and height to 100%. When I run the application, the control
appears to be an arbitrary size, each edge a different distance from its
relative edge. So, I go into the properties for the cell and set all

margins

and padding to 0 pixels and try again. Same difference. Its enough to

make

you say WTMF?! I can't find any info on doing this in google groups or
anywhere else. How can I do this? TIA!

[William Sullivan]

Nope, none.

"Tom A via DotNetMonster.com" wrote:

OK, basic question first: do you have any CSS setting for your tables / rows
/ cells? Could be that something there may be overriding your .aspx settings
for the TD.

[Eliyahu Goldin]

The html looks ok. I would have another look at all css rules as the other
poster suggested.

Eliyahu

"William Sullivan" <Wi*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E3**********************************@microsof t.com...

<td id="cellDocuments" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px;
MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 323px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;
BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 194px" vAlign="top" align="left"
width="323" bgColor="#00ffff" height="194">
<!-- MSCellType="NavBody" -->
<select name="lbDocuments" size="4" id="lbDocuments"
style="height:100%;width:100%;">
</select></td>
The HTML matches what I put in VS, but still the listbox does not fill the
cell. There is a space of about five pixels on the left and bottom, and the listbox is clipped by the cell on the right. Expanding the window stretches the cell until the whole listbox is shown, which seems to be a constant width of something around 300 pixels. "height:100%;width:100%;" does not do what you would expect it to do.

"Eliyahu Goldin" wrote:

It will help if you examine the html output to see how the listbox renders inside the cell.

Eliyahu

"William Sullivan" <Wi*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:07**********************************@microsof t.com...

I want to fill a cell in a table with a control. Lets say the control is

a

listbox--something that you'd think would easily fill a cell, which

would be

a good thing. So I create the table and stick the control inside,

setting its width and height to 100%. When I run the application, the control
appears to be an arbitrary size, each edge a different distance from its relative edge. So, I go into the properties for the cell and set all

margins

and padding to 0 pixels and try again. Same difference. Its enough to make

you say WTMF?! I can't find any info on doing this in google groups

or anywhere else. How can I do this? TIA!

[William Sullivan]

Problem is that I'm not using css. Is what I have done already supposed to
work?

"Eliyahu Goldin" wrote:

The html looks ok. I would have another look at all css rules as the other
poster suggested.

Eliyahu

"William Sullivan" <Wi*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E3**********************************@microsof t.com...

<td id="cellDocuments" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid;

PADDING-RIGHT:

0px; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px;
MARGIN: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 323px; PADDING-TOP: 0px;
BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; HEIGHT: 194px" vAlign="top" align="left"
width="323" bgColor="#00ffff" height="194">
<!-- MSCellType="NavBody" -->
<select name="lbDocuments" size="4" id="lbDocuments"
style="height:100%;width:100%;">
</select></td>
The HTML matches what I put in VS, but still the listbox does not fill the
cell. There is a space of about five pixels on the left and bottom, and

the

listbox is clipped by the cell on the right. Expanding the window

stretches

the cell until the whole listbox is shown, which seems to be a constant

width

of something around 300 pixels. "height:100%;width:100%;" does not do

what

you would expect it to do.

"Eliyahu Goldin" wrote:

It will help if you examine the html output to see how the listbox renders inside the cell.

Eliyahu

"William Sullivan" <Wi*************@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:07**********************************@microsof t.com...
> I want to fill a cell in a table with a control. Lets say the control is a
> listbox--something that you'd think would easily fill a cell, which would be
> a good thing. So I create the table and stick the control inside, setting > its width and height to 100%. When I run the application, the control
> appears to be an arbitrary size, each edge a different distance from its > relative edge. So, I go into the properties for the cell and set all
margins
> and padding to 0 pixels and try again. Same difference. Its enough to make
> you say WTMF?! I can't find any info on doing this in google groups or > anywhere else. How can I do this? TIA!