Making a multi cell table row a single hyperlink.

[Sandy Bremmer]

I was curious how one goes about properly creates a table row with
multiple TD cells as a single hyperlink because I have seen examples
of what I think is invalid and poorly conceived HTML. It works only
in Internet Explorer (which is why I comment that I think it's poorly
conceived because a navigation link limited to a specific browser is,
well, stupid?).

I have, for instance, seen where the "a href=..." tag begins outside
the TR and ends outside the end /TR. Similarly, I have seen where the
"a href=..." tag begins outside the first TD and ends outside the last
/TD.

These work in Internet Explorer, but no other browser I've used
(Opera, Firefox, Netscape).

The table row I have in mind contains 9 TD cells. Do I create the "a
href=..." tag within each TD cell, or might there be a valid all
inclusive approach instead of creating 9 hyperlink tags respectively?

Thanks.

[Mark Parnell]

Previously in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html, Sandy Bremmer
<no_email@no_email_thanx.com> said:

I have, for instance, seen where the "a href=..." tag begins outside
the TR and ends outside the end /TR. Similarly, I have seen where the
"a href=..." tag begins outside the first TD and ends outside the last
/TD.
Both are invalid, according to the specs.
These work in Internet Explorer, but no other browser I've used
(Opera, Firefox, Netscape).
Unsurprising. :-)
The table row I have in mind contains 9 TD cells. Do I create the "a
href=..." tag within each TD cell,
Yes.
or might there be a valid all
inclusive approach instead of creating 9 hyperlink tags respectively?

Only by taking them out of the table. Which if it isn't actually tabular
data, you should do anyway. But I can't judge that without more
information, such as a URL.

--
Mark Parnell
http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au

[Sandy Bremmer]

On Mon, 30 May 2005 13:21:41 +1000, Mark Parnell
<we*******@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote:

Previously in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html, Sandy Bremmer
<no_email@no_email_thanx.com> said:

I have, for instance, seen where the "a href=..." tag begins outside
the TR and ends outside the end /TR. Similarly, I have seen where the
"a href=..." tag begins outside the first TD and ends outside the last
/TD.

Both are invalid, according to the specs.

These work in Internet Explorer, but no other browser I've used
(Opera, Firefox, Netscape).

Unsurprising. :-)

The table row I have in mind contains 9 TD cells. Do I create the "a
href=..." tag within each TD cell,

Yes.

or might there be a valid all
inclusive approach instead of creating 9 hyperlink tags respectively?

Only by taking them out of the table. Which if it isn't actually tabular
data, you should do anyway. But I can't judge that without more
information, such as a URL.

Well, I haven't created it yet. :) Yes, it's tabular (it's a
demographics/census table generated via PHP that totals across and
down). In theory I need really make only the first cell of each row a
link since that's the descriptive text but I was wondering about
making anywhere in the row click'able for convenience since I've seen
that with some tables, albeit as mentioned, invalid lest one limits to
Internet Explorer.

Thanks.

[Stan Brown]

On Mon, 30 May 2005 03:03:25 GMT, Sandy Bremmer
<no_email@no_email_thanx.com> wrote:

I was curious how one goes about properly creates a table row with
multiple TD cells as a single hyperlink

Can't be done -- no properly, anyway.

<a> ... </a> can occur inside <td> ... </td> but not the other way
'round.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
"I feel a wave of morning sickness coming on, and I want to
be standing on your mother's grave when it hits."