Date parsed: 05/10/2007 18:20:48
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:20:48 -0400

Here is an example of a <td> using more space than necessary:

<table>
<tr>
<td>
<span style="float:left;">Float Left</span>
<span style="float:right;">Float Right</span><br/>
<div
style="width:500px;height:500px;background-color:Orange;">&nbsp;</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

You will notice that neither the table or td has a set width, but the float
right hangs over the edge of the div. The table could easily be no more than
the width of the div (in this case 500px) and still fit both span tags in.
Do the floats have anything to do with the problem? I use floats because I
want the spans on the left and right of the same line, and in my code the
width of the div is dynamic (my code also involves more cells than this).
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Nathan Sokalski
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http://www.nathansokalski.com/

"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message
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> "Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uRgqAE7BIHA.5360@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> [cross-posting removed]
>
>>I have a <td> that contains several elements, some of which are
>>left-aligned, right-aligned, or centered. I do not know the widths of
>>these elements beforehand, so I cannot give my <td> a fixed width. I want
>>the <td> to have as small a width as possible without causing anything to
>>wrap, but IE seems to want to make it bigger. Does anybody know of a good
>>way to prevent a <td> from being stretched to a larger width than
>>necessary?
>
> A <td> will expand to fit its contents. However, if other rows have more
> data in the corresponding cell, then obviously the entire column will
> expand to fit the contents of the largest cell.
>
> Check in View Source for what markup is actually being included in the
> cell in question...
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net

Date parsed: 06/10/2007 03:16:14
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 02:16:14 +0100

"Nathan Sokalski" <njsokalski@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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[cross-posting removed]

>I have a <td> that contains several elements, some of which are
>left-aligned, right-aligned, or centered. I do not know the widths of these
>elements beforehand, so I cannot give my <td> a fixed width. I want the
><td> to have as small a width as possible without causing anything to wrap,
>but IE seems to want to make it bigger. Does anybody know of a good way to
>prevent a <td> from being stretched to a larger width than necessary?

A <td> will expand to fit its contents. However, if other rows have more
data in the corresponding cell, then obviously the entire column will expand
to fit the contents of the largest cell.

Check in View Source for what markup is actually being included in the cell
in question...


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net