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02-18-2006, 05:32 PM

BSolveIT

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Using COL in Firefox

Hello all!

I'm building a large CMS system for a client and having been using COL to make life easier with table styles and attributes. However, I just discovered that firefox completely ignores the definitions I've used for COL's.

Is that normal, or have I goofed somewhere?

Code:

<table border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=1 width=100% class=datatable>
<col class=dataleft width=170>
<col class=dataleft width=200>
<col class=dataleft>
<col class=datacenter>
<col class=datacenter>
<thead>
<tr>
<td>Rank</td>
<td>Menu Name</td>
<td>Description</td>
<td>Approved</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tr>
<td><%=rs("rank")%></td>
<td><%=rs("menu_name")%></td>
<td><nobr><%=rs("name")%></nobr></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" value="true" style="height: 15px"></td>
</tr>
</table>

This all works great in IE, which is all the client will be using, so it's fine. But I was surprised it didn't work with firefox?

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02-18-2006, 10:33 PM

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Hi,

Maybe you can try using it with the "colgroup" tag eg

<colgroup>
<col ....>
<col ...>
</colgroup>

Also you have to close the tag in xhtml, but shouldn't in HTML (but I may have that back to front!)

Cheers,
Paz.

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02-19-2006, 03:53 AM

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If the list at w3schools is updated and we assume that Firefox is similar to NN, Firefox doesn't support col or colgroup.
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/default.asp

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02-26-2006, 07:36 PM

BSolveIT

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BTW, I discovered that it does work in firefox if I use an inline style setting:

<COL style=".....">

But it doesn't work in firefox if I specify a class:

<COL class="...">

Wierd, eh?

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02-26-2006, 08:35 PM

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Definitely... Is that a bug or a feature?....

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02-27-2006, 03:31 PM

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I've sent an email to Arthur C. Clarke for comment.

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03-18-2006, 03:34 AM

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Ahhh.. i will wait for seeing the result.

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