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Posted by boclair on 11/16/98 11:31
Japhy wrote:
> Hello,
> I am coding a menu using PHP. Selections on the menu have code like :
>
> <li> <a href="Updatefindatesedit.php">$fin_name1 $fin_date1 </a></li>
> <li> <a href="Updatefindatesedit.php">$fin_name2 $fin_date2 </a></li>
> etc
>
>
> My problem is the $fin_name1 variables can be anywhere from 1 - 20
> characters
>
> so my menu items come out looking like
> Joe 2000/01/01
> Fred 2001/01/02
> Alexander 2001/01/03
>
> Can I get the $fin_name* variable to take up a fixed amount of space
> when displaying? My idea is to use strlen on fin_name and put a number
> of  's between, but that sure seems like a dumb way to do it. I
> figure someone with more knowledge can tell me an easier way to do
> it....
> TIA
> Japhy
>
Can I suggest that the date needs to be moved to a known position to the
right of the name and that sufficient space be provided for the longest
name. An html table is one way. The other is CSS, eg,
<ul>
<li style="width:12em;">
<div style="float:right;width:4px;text-align:right;">yyyy/mm/dd</div>
fin_name
</li>
<li style="width:12em;">
<div style="float:right;width:4px;text-align:right;">yyyy/mm/dd</div>
fin_longer-name</li>
</ul>
adjust the width of the containing div and the float div to suit.
Ideally the css declarations will be in selectors in a style block or
style sheet, e.g.
<style type="text/css">
ul.name-date li { width:12em; }
ul.name-date li div { float:right;width:4px;text-align:right; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul class="name-date">
<li>
<div>yyyy/mm/dd</div>
fin_name
</li>
<li>
<div>yyyy/mm/dd</div>
fin_longer-name</li>
</ul>
Louise
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