Posted by Els on 10/21/05 15:35

Jeff Fritz wrote:

> I have a table. In a TD in this table, is yet another table.
>
> This nested table _does not respond_ at all to any efforts I put into
> it to get it to align right inside the TD. It looks fine in firefox
> (surprise!).
>
> I've tried the following:
>
> align="right"
> text-align: right;
> margin-left: 100px;
> float: right;
>
> on all possible elements -- table, tr, td, I've even wrapped it in a
> div and it hasn't responded. Basically that cell and anything in it is
> being a pain in the neck.
>
> Please help.

One: don't use nested tables.
Two: if you insist on using the construction you just described, try
setting an explicit width (narrower than that TD) on the nested table.
Three: if that doesn't work, it might just be an idea to actually show
the problem in the form of a URL, so we can detect where you go wrong
:-)

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