internet explorer makes gabs

[Geri Becker]

Hello,

I use the code
<td align="left" valign="top"><img src="pictures/5pixel-transparent.gif"
width="700" height="1" alt="" border="0">
to force the width of a table.
But now my Internet Explorer (version 6) makes a gab (big like <br>)
after this code, Firefox and Opera doesn't and work correctly.
Does anybody know why the IE makes this gabs and how can I prevent that?

Thanks
Geri

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Geri Becker wrote:

I use the code
<td align="left" valign="top"><img src="pictures/5pixel-transparent.gif"
width="700" height="1" alt="" border="0">
to force the width of a table.
Stop trying that. Problem solved. Besides, you solved a much bigger
problem as well, or stopped trying to create it.
But now my Internet Explorer (version 6) makes a gab (big like <br>)
You mean "gap", right?
after this code, Firefox and Opera doesn't and work correctly.
Does anybody know why the IE makes this gabs and how can I prevent that?

Yes, we know, and we could tell you, but then we would have to
hate ourselves for helping you to do the wrong thing.

[dwight.stegall]

<td align="left" valign="top"><img
src="pictures/5pixel-transpare*nt.gif"
width="700" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td>

Just put it all on one line of code without line breaks.

[Geri Becker]

Jukka K. Korpela schrieb:

Geri Becker wrote:

I use the code
<td align="left" valign="top"><img
src="pictures/5pixel-transparent.gif" width="700" height="1" alt=""
border="0">
to force the width of a table.

Stop trying that. Problem solved. Besides, you solved a much bigger
problem as well, or stopped trying to create it.

Some old browsers of mac and others didn't follow the definite sizes of
the table so I had to use this method.

But now my Internet Explorer (version 6) makes a gab (big like <br>)

You mean "gap", right?

Yeah right! My english isn't that good as formerly ;-)

after this code, Firefox and Opera doesn't and work correctly.
Does anybody know why the IE makes this gabs and how can I prevent that?

Yes, we know, and we could tell you, but then we would have to
hate ourselves for helping you to do the wrong thing.

So what would be the right thing?

Geri

[Geri Becker]

dw************@gmail.com schrieb:

<td align="left" valign="top"><img
src="pictures/5pixel-transpare*nt.gif"
width="700" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td>

Just put it all on one line of code without line breaks.

Thanks, this "all on one line" method works - strange ie!

Geri

[Darin McGrew]

Geri Becker <gu****@gmx.net> wrote:

I use the code
<td align="left" valign="top"><img
src="pictures/5pixel-transparent.gif" width="700" height="1" alt=""
border="0">
to force the width of a table.

Jukka K. Korpela wrote: Stop trying that. Problem solved. Besides, you solved a much bigger
problem as well, or stopped trying to create it.

Geri Becker <gu****@gmx.net> wrote: Some old browsers of mac and others didn't follow the definite sizes of
the table so I had to use this method.
Jukka's point is that you should stop trying to force the width of a table,
not that you should stop using this particular technique for it.

BTW, your current technique still won't always force a width of 700px.
So what would be the right thing?

See http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/des...ml#screen-size and
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmat...lexdesign.html

See also http://webtips.dantobias.com/force.html
--
Darin McGrew, mc****@stanfordalumni.org, http://www.rahul.net/mcgrew/

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently
that which should not be done at all." - Peter F. Drucker

[Geri Becker]

Darin McGrew schrieb:

Jukka's point is that you should stop trying to force the width of a table,
not that you should stop using this particular technique for it.
ah ok.
BTW, your current technique still won't always force a width of 700px.
why?
See http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/des...ml#screen-size and
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmat...lexdesign.html

See also http://webtips.dantobias.com/force.html

I've to check that ...

Thanks
Geri

[Darin McGrew]

I wrote:

BTW, your current technique still won't always force a width of 700px.

Geri Becker <gu****@gmx.net> wrote: why?

Off the top of my head:

- the browser might support a "Fit to Window" feature

- the browser might resize images that don't fit the current window

- the user style sheet might include something like

img[height="1"] , img[width="1"] { display: none !important }

- the browser might not load images

- the browser might not honor tables

- the browser might not use pixels at all

But mostly, because "force" doesn't work on the WWW:
http://webtips.dantobias.com/force.html
--
Darin McGrew, mc****@stanfordalumni.org, http://www.rahul.net/mcgrew/

"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently
that which should not be done at all." - Peter F. Drucker