Anyone know HTML tables (spacing columns)? (1 Viewer)

[jeff lam]

I'm new to HTML and I'm writing up a description and I want to list things in three columns but they are too close together. How can I space them out a little?

Example:



[*]column 1[*]column 1

[*]column 2[*]column 2

[*]column 3[*]column 3




See how the columns are too close together? I would like to space them out a little bit. How do I do this?

Here is my code. (use () in place of )
(center)
(table)
(TD)(b)(h3)
(li)column 1
(li)column 1
(/td)
(td)(b)(h3)
(li)column 2
(li)column 2
(/td)
(td)(b)(h3)
(li)column 3
(li)column 3
(/td)
(/table)
(/center)

 

[John_Berger]

Add WIDTH={value} to the (TABLE) parameter.

To make the table 500 pixels in width, the value must be (TABLE WIDTH=500).

To make the table take up 75% of the width (to compensate for people with different resolutions), the value must be (TABLE WIDTH=75%).

Try each value and see what the results are.

 

[jeff lam]

Where does it go in the code?

 

[jeff lam]

[*]column 1[*]column 1

[*]column 2[*]column 2

[*]column 3[*]column 3




Got it!

Thanks John!

 

[John_Berger]

:wink: Ain't nothin' but a thang!

 

[Marshall Alsup]

You can also add width to your (td) tags. You'd do this to force one column to be wider thant he data inside it.

-Marshall

 

[Andre F]

I've been a fan of div tags lately. They have some other issues but they make placement VERY easy.
-Andre F

 

[DonRoeber]

I'm with Andre. It's all about div & span tags, and using stylesheets wherever you can. I just redid my site, and kept my use of tables to an absolute minimum. Sure, it breaks Netscape 4, but I don't mind telling people to use a better browser than that.