Posted by bob_jeffcoat on 11/26/07 23:56

On 26 Nov, 23:53, bob_jeffc...@hotmail.com wrote:
> On 26 Nov, 23:37, dorayme <doraymeRidT...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>
> > In article <5r126cF12na2...@mid.individual.net>,
> > Harlan Messinger <hmessinger.removet...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > > bob_jeffc...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > > > Hello,
>
> > > > 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' >
>
> > > That semicolon after the first "2" isn't going to work.
>
> > > > 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:
>
> > > Do you think the "border=2" might be causing a border to appear? Just a
> > > hunch.
>
> > In any case, op should put the border instruction into the css,
> > since he has gone to the trouble of having some inline css. Is it
> > clear to anyone why *exactly* op wants a table within a table?
>
> > --
> > dorayme
>
> RIGHT, I thought it was only a matter of time before I got this kind
> of 'help'.
> My program generates a number tables for reporting certain things,
> these tables have varying number of columns and sometimes I prefer to
> join then together as it looks nicer. I have tried screwing around
> with the column span on the cells to make all the tables equal width
> but it never looks very good. My program uses an embeded webbrowser
> which seems to insist on being IE so I really need IE to do it.
>
> Now then, removing the Border = 2 isn't great as it then removes the
> border on the inside of the table. I want my nested table to look
> like the containing table so I want it to have borders on the inside
> between it's rows.
>
> Tell me the answer

Oh, and another thing. I'm happy to use a css but it seems somewhat
irrelevant as stupid IE can't draw it right anyway...

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