Posted by laredotornado@zipmail.com on 11/16/07 03:45

On Nov 15, 5:43 pm, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> In article
> <b81b073c-8b2a-4ab4-bd7f-9968f42d6...@p69g2000hsa.googlegroups.co
> m>,
>
> "laredotorn...@zipmail.com" <laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm having trouble centering the vertical bars ("|") between the words
> > in the nav at the top of this page
>
> You could simply *not* put each link into a separate cell, (if
> you are determined to use tables). Something like:
>
> <td><link> | <link> | <link> | <link> | <link></td>
>
> would be simpler, no? Style the thing then for color of
> foreground and background.
>
> As a stepping stone to not use tables at all for laying out such
> things. There is a modern movement around these parts that frowns
> on using tables for anything but tabular data.
>
> Google up for horizontal css lists when you have time.
>
> --
> dorayme

I like your idea of eliminating the table cells and having everything
in just one row, but when I do this, the words and horizontal bar
don't space themselves out to take up the entire width of the row.
How can I get them to spread out?

Thanks, - Dave

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