Posted by bob_jeffcoat on 11/26/07 23:01

On 26 Nov, 21:00, Martin Jay <mar...@spam-free.org.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 11:58:03 -0800 (PST), bob_jeffc...@hotmail.com
> wrote:
>
> >I want to nest a table in another table in a way that makes it appear
> >that there is only one table. This is because the program I have
> >written joins tables together and it looks best if there appears to be
> >only one table and it avoids the problems of column spanning. I can
> >use this in the nested table in Firefox:
>
> ><table border = 2;Width=100% style='border-collapse: collapse; border-
> >top: hidden;border-bottom:hidden;border-left:hidden;border-
> >right:hidden' >
>
> >and it appears in the outer table just like some extra rows. But in
> >IE 7 it doesn't work as it appears with a border around the nested
> >table. It is driving me mad. Here is my entire HTML:
>
> Does changing this:
>
> <table border = 2;Width=100% style='border-collapse: collapse; border-
>
> >top: hidden;border-bottom:hidden;border-left:hidden;border-
> >right:hidden' >
>
> to:
>
> <table border = 2;Width=100% style='border-collapse: collapse; border:
> none;' >
>
> give you the effect you want?
> --
> Martin Jay


Hi Martin,
thanks for the reply.

It nearly works, but you can still see it's a different table. I want
to be able to stick tables together and make it look as if it's one
table. Maybe it's jsut because IE is a bit kronky...

Thanks anyway,

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