Inheritance and individual fomats

[Chris Leipold]

Hi,

I tried to apply a format to all td's in one specific table but not to
the td's in other tables.
I tried the following:

<table id="thistable">
<thead>
[...]
</thead>
<tbody>
<td></td>
</tbody>
</table>

withe the style:
#thistable td { [...] }

But the style applies to all td's in the document, even in other tables.

What do i do wrong?

Chris

PS: I don't use tables for layout, just to leave no doubt...

[Mark Tranchant]

Chris Leipold wrote:

I tried to apply a format to all td's in one specific table but not to
the td's in other tables.
I tried the following:

<table id="thistable">
<thead>
[...]
</thead>
<tbody>
<td></td>
</tbody>
</table>

withe the style:
#thistable td { [...] }

But the style applies to all td's in the document, even in other tables.

What do i do wrong?

<td> should be enclosed in <tr>, I think.

The principle works fine here: see
http://tranchant.plus.com/tmp/td

--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

[Harlan Messinger]

Chris Leipold <cl******@dietzk.de> wrote:

Hi,

I tried to apply a format to all td's in one specific table but not to
the td's in other tables.
I tried the following:

<table id="thistable">
<thead>
[...]
</thead>
<tbody>
<td></td>
</tbody>
</table>

withe the style:
#thistable td { [...] }

But the style applies to all td's in the document, even in other tables.

What do i do wrong?

Well, for one thing, you've got invalid HTML, since TD doesn't go
directly inside TBODY. TD can only go inside TR, and only TR can go
inside TBODY. Fix and validate your page, and then see what happens.

--
Harlan Messinger
Remove the first dot from my e-mail address.
Veuillez ôter le premier point de mon adresse de courriel.

[Chris Leipold]

Hi,

I tried to apply a format to all td's in one specific table but not to
the td's in other tables.
I tried the following:

<table id="thistable">
<thead>
[...]
</thead>
<tbody>
<td></td>
</tbody>
</table>

withe the style:
#thistable td { [...] }

But the style applies to all td's in the document, even in other tables.
What do i do wrong?

<td> should be enclosed in <tr>, I think.

Sorry, sorry, sorry!!! My code is valid, I just copied and pasted not
the whole code an forgot to copy the <tr>. (I used the w3-validator
before mailing to the group).

Chris

[Harlan Messinger]

Chris Leipold <cl******@dietzk.de> wrote:

Hi,

I tried to apply a format to all td's in one specific table but not to
the td's in other tables.
I tried the following:

<table id="thistable">
<thead>
[...]
</thead>
<tbody>
<td></td>
</tbody>
</table>

withe the style:
#thistable td { [...] }

But the style applies to all td's in the document, even in other tables.
What do i do wrong?

<td> should be enclosed in <tr>, I think.

Sorry, sorry, sorry!!! My code is valid, I just copied and pasted not
the whole code an forgot to copy the <tr>. (I used the w3-validator
before mailing to the group).

Then something else is wrong, but if we can't see all your code, the
chances are that all we have to look at is where the problem isn't.

Also--what browser are you using?

--
Harlan Messinger
Remove the first dot from my e-mail address.
Veuillez ôter le premier point de mon adresse de courriel.

[Neal]

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:34:57 +0200, Chris Leipold <cl******@dietzk.de>
wrote:

Sorry, sorry, sorry!!! My code is valid, I just copied and pasted not
the whole code an forgot to copy the <tr>. (I used the w3-validator
before mailing to the group).

This is why a URL is recommended.