Posted by richard on 10/29/07 16:36

On Oct 29, 9:48 am, "Jonathan N. Little" <lws4...@centralva.net>
wrote:
> richard wrote:
> > I am trying out a couple of layouts for presenting some information in
> > table format. Basically, two tables side by side.
>
> > Table 1: 3 rows, one column fixed width.
> > table 2: A calendar format with 3 rows.
>
> > In FF they are displayed as I want them. Even if I include an overflow
> > to force a horizontal scrollbar. Ok I know. But if horizontal
> > scrollbars are not desired, then why do we have them?
> > In IE the overflow is totally ignored.
>
> > Should I happen to have in table 1, a 4th line of text, then the <hr>
> > I use as a seperator, shows up floating beside table 1, not underneath
> > it as it should.
> > Easily fixed with a <br> but I feel that should not be necessary.
>
> > In IE, A horizontal scroll bar is not displayed until the data is
> > forced way beyond the edge unlike in FF. Then table 2 drops below
> > table 1 which is not where I want it.
>
> > In another format, I simply place table 2 under table 1. Which is ok
> > but just doesn't look right.
>
> And we can actually see this page at URL...
>

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