Forcing Column Width

4 New Member

Hi,

I have been having some trouble with getting a column to be a fixed width. I have a table with 11 columns, so it doesn't all fit in a normal browser window. One of the cells has a "?" and then a text input, but because the table keeps minimizing the width of the column, it puts the ? and the text input on different lines, creating a row that is much taller than I would prefer, and it just looks gross. I have set the width using style='width:12 0px', but for some reason firefox keeps minimizing the cell width to the bare minimum to prevent clipping.

Here is the code (Line 73 is where I specify the width of the column I want to be 120px wide):

[HTML]<table width='100%' border='0' class='textc'>

<tr>
<td><a href='new_purch ase.php'>New Purchase</a></td>
<td><a href='manage_lo cations.php'>Ma nage Purchase Locations</a></td>
<td><a href='manage_pa rt_types.php'>M anage Part Types</a></td>
<td><a href='storage_l ocations.php'>M anage Storage Locations</a></td>
</tr>
</table>

<hr size='2' width='100%' color='#000066' />

<p class='header'> Insert New Purchase</p>
<form action='new_pur chase.php' name='mainForm' method='post'>
<table style='align:ce nter; border:0'>
<tr>
<td colspan='3'>
Purchase Date
</td>
<td colspan='8'>
<input type='text' value='2007-11-14' name='pur_date' onchange='magic Date(this)' />

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='3'>
Purchase Location
</td>
<td colspan='8'>
<select name='pur_loc'>
<option value='0'></option>
</select> <a href='manage_lo cations.php' target='_blank' >Manage</a>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='3'>
Receipt Number
</td>
<td colspan='8'>

<input type='text' size='2' value='1' name='receipt_n um' />
</td> </tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='3'>
Item Count
</td>
<td colspan='8'>
<input type='text' size='2' value='2' onchange='submi tRows()' name='item_coun t' id='item_count' />
<input type='hidden' name='changeRow s' id='changeRows' value='0' />

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='11'>
<hr width='100%' size='1' color='#000066' />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='textbc' colspan='11'>

Line Items
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='textbc' onclick='ascend ingId()' onmouseover='hl ight(this)' onmouseout='uli ght(this)'>ID</td>
<td class='textbc'> Ver</td>
<td class='textbc'> VIN</td>
<td class='textbc'> Type <a href='manage_pa rt_types.php' target='_blank' >Manage</a></td>

<td class='textbc'> Storage <a href='storage_l ocations.php' target='_blank' >Manage</a></td>
<td class='textbc'> Lbs</td>
<td class='textbc'> Oz</td>
<td class='textbr' style='width:12 0px'>Price</td>
<td class='textbr'> EnvFee</td>
<td class='textbr'> Tax</td>

<td class='textbr'> Total</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type='text' size='2' name='record_id[]' value='1' />
</td>
<td>
<input type='text' size='2' name='version[]' value='1' />

</td>
<td>
<input type='text' size='24' onkeyup='getVIN (this,0)' name='VIN[]' value='1FMDU73E 74ZB21160' />
</td>
<td>
<select name='type[]'>
<option value='0'></option>
</select>
</td>
<td>
<select name='stor[]'>
<option value='0'></option>
<option value='1' selected>Lilly Pulitzer Box</option>
</select>
</td>

<td>
<input type='text' size='2' name='lbs[]' value='1' />
</td>
<td>
<input type='text' size='2' name='oz[]' value='4' />
</td>
<td>
$<input type='text' onblur='setFiel ds(); numFormat(this) ' size='3' class='textr' name='price[]' value='1' />

</td>
<td class='textr'>
$<span name='env_fee_d isp'>0.00</span><input type='hidden' size='3' class='textr' name='env_fee[]' value='' />
</td>
<td class='textr'>
$<span name='sales_tax _disp'>0.00</span><input type='hidden' size='3' class='textr' name='sales_tax[]' value='' />
</td>

<td class='textr'>
$<span name='item_tota l_disp'>0.00</span><input type='hidden' size='3' class='textr' name='item_tota l[]' value='' />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='11' class='textc'>
<input type='text' name='year[]' size='3' readonly class='form' value='2004' />
<input type='text' name='make[]' size='20' readonly class='form' value='FORD' />

<input type='text' name='model[]' size='30' readonly class='form' value='EXPLORER XLT/XLT SPT/NBX' />
<input type='text' name='body[]' size='30' readonly class='form' value='4 DR. WAGON/SPORT UTILITY' />
<input type='text' name='engine[]' size='30' readonly class='form' value='4.0L V6 FI SOHC' />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='11'>
<hr width='100%' size='1' color='CCCCCC' />
</td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<input type='text' size='2' name='record_id[]' value='' />
</td>
<td>
<input type='text' size='2' name='version[]' value='' />
</td>
<td>

<input type='text' size='24' onkeyup='getVIN (this,1)' name='VIN[]' value='' />
</td>
<td>
<select name='type[]'>
<option value='0'></option>
</select>
</td>
<td>

<select name='stor[]'>
<option value='0'></option>
</select>
</td>
<td>
<input type='text' size='2' name='lbs[]' value='' />
</td>

<td>
<input type='text' size='2' name='oz[]' value='' />
</td>
<td>
$<input type='text' onblur='setFiel ds(); numFormat(this) ' size='3' class='textr' name='price[]' value='0.00' />
</td>
<td class='textr'>
$<span name='env_fee_d isp'>0.00</span><input type='hidden' size='3' class='textr' name='env_fee[]' value='' />

</td>
<td class='textr'>
$<span name='sales_tax _disp'>0.00</span><input type='hidden' size='3' class='textr' name='sales_tax[]' value='' />
</td>
<td class='textr'>
$<span name='item_tota l_disp'>0.00</span><input type='hidden' size='3' class='textr' name='item_tota l[]' value='' />
</td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='11' class='textc'>
<input type='text' name='year[]' size='3' readonly class='form' value='' />
<input type='text' name='make[]' size='20' readonly class='form' value='' />
<input type='text' name='model[]' size='30' readonly class='form' value='' />
<input type='text' name='body[]' size='30' readonly class='form' value='' />
<input type='text' name='engine[]' size='30' readonly class='form' value='' />
</td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='11'>
<hr width='100%' size='1' color='CCCCCC' />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='11'>
<hr width='100%' size='1' color='#000066' />

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='3'>Sub total</td>
<td colspan='4'></td>
<td class='textr'>$ <span id='subtotal'>0 .00</span></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan='3'>Env ironmental Fee</td>
<td colspan='5'></td>
<td class='textr'>$ <input class='textr' style='backgrou nd: #B1B1B1' onfocus='change White(this)' onblur='setFiel ds(); numFormat(this) ; backToGrey(this )' type='text' size='3' id='env_fee' name='env_fee_t otal' value='1' /></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='3'>Sal es Tax</td>

<td colspan='6'></td>
<td class='textr'>$ <input class='textr' type='text' style='backgrou nd: #B1B1B1' onfocus='change White(this)' onblur='setFiel ds(); numFormat(this) ; backToGrey(this )' size='3' id='sales_tax' name='sales_tax _total' value='34' /></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='3'>Tot al</td>
<td colspan='7'></td>
<td class='textr' width='65px' >$<span id='total'>0.00 </span></td>

</tr>
</table>[/HTML]

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Christian

Nov 14 '07 #1

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robin1983

New Member

Hi, just do one more thing, do give the css code too, i mean those class that u call up. ok then i hope i can help u . thanks

Nov 15 '07 #2

xtian

New Member

I think I got it after tons of fighting and struggling, but thanks.

xtian

Nov 21 '07 #3

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