Posted by Sonnich on 02/20/07 13:44

On Feb 20, 11:06 am, "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorp...@cs.tut.fi> wrote:
> ScripsitSonnich:
>
> > I simply want the "comment" to be next to the input field.
>
> So apparently the problem is not alignment: the "comment" is left aligned
> within its cell, and you don't even need to do anything with it (it's the
> default). The problem is in _cell widths_: the cell containing the input
> field is wider than needed for the field,
>
> > I think it is funny, that in the lower row, the colspan works,
>
> Of course it works on the first two rows as well. It's the division of the
> table's width (dominated by the textarea width) to columns that causes the
> phenomenon. There is no simple fix, since browsers allocate column widths
> weirdly, but the overall complexity of the table affects this. So why do you
> use colspan in the first place? If you want some text to appear (almost)
> immediately after an input field, why don't you put them into the same cell?
> I guess I can guess some of the reasons, but the sketchy page really
> suggests that the table is excessively complicated.

I have one check box, I simply want the comments in a nice coloumn to
the right, and still have the textbox.
For that I need the table. Also inputs etc might have different
widths.
I wonder whether a table in a table might be the solution.

/S

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