Posted by booner on 09/28/05 18:22

I was trying to simplify things - I have in fact used CSS - and done very
similar to what you described (the table is created dynamically in ASP).


"Jonathan N. Little" <lws4art@centralva.net> wrote in message
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> booner wrote:
>
> > I have a table that I alternate each rows color:
> >
> > <table>
> > <tr bgcolor="White">
> > <td>row 1</td>
> > </tr>
> > <tr bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
> > <td>row 2</td>
> > </tr>
> > <tr bgcolor="White">
> > <td>row 3</td>
> > </tr>
> > <tr bgcolor="#F2F2F2">
> > <td>row 4</td>
> > </tr>
> > </table>
> >
> > I have a few users who say they do not see the alternating coloring. I
went
> > in and changed the #F2F2F2 to Blue and they do see that.
> >
> > We are using Internet Explorer.
> >
> > Any pointers to what the issue may be.
>
>
> First 'white' is #FFFFFF, so #F2F2F2; is only 8/256 or 3% black a very
> light gray it maybe more to do with the color depth of their display
> then a browser issue.
>
> Second, use CSS, because to change your table you have to change every
> row code whereas with CSS all you have to change is one CSS entry:
>
> .evenrow { color: black; background-color: white; }
> .oddrow { color: black; background-color: aqua; }
>
> <table>
> <tr class="evenrow">
> <td>row 1</td>
> </tr>
> <tr class="oddrow">
> <td>row 2</td>
> </tr>
> <tr class="evenrow">
> <td>row 3</td>
> </tr>
> <tr class="oddrow">
> <td>row 4</td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
>
>
> --
> Take care,
>
> Jonathan
> -------------------
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