Posted by Nico Schuyt on 06/15/16 12:01

Chaddy2222 wrote:
> Nico Schuyt"
>> Bazley wrote:

>>> CSS is unbelievably unwieldy. All I want to do is have a page with
>>> three columns. The left and right columns should be fixed width and
>>> the central column should adjust its width to fill in the remaining
>>> space. Such a simple concept is, I believe, virtually impossible to
>>> code. If anyone can do it I would be very impressed.

>> I don't understand it: there are lots of examples with three columns.
>> Problems arise when you want equal heights of the columns or borders
>> in between*.
>> In that case there is a relation between the 3 columns and a table is
>> appropriate.
>> * for example the site of
>> A-OKhttp://a-ok-site.com/webdesign/index.html: looks great, but when
>> font-size is enlarged the border between column 1 and 2 is broken.

> That all depends on how the site is coded.
> http://freewebdesignonline.org/wdto/articles/text/is-yourcontent-importent.php

Do you suggest to use px to prevent the text being enlarged (in IE)??

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Nico

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