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Nested Tables

  • 01-12-2000 2:40pm
    #1
    LoLth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,339 ✭✭✭✭


    ok, before anyone shouts at me, I know. I've heard that using tables within tables is a big no-no. Thing is, I have an idea or two that I owuld like to do but they would be much easier to manage in terms of layout if I used nested tables.

    So, what's the story? Is it only Netscrape users who have a hissy fit? or are others affected by this?

    Is it really best just to ignore that they are even possible?


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Comments

  • #2
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,308 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Nested tables work fine, - they just slow down rendering.

    - oh - avoid table background images if possible. Netscape is buggy when it comes to that.
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  • #3
    Enygma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭Enygma


    Yeah there's no real problem with nested tables as ong as you don't nest too deep. Three - Four is about the limit.
    The tables are rendered starting at the top of the page and from the inside -> out.
    Something to keep in mind.


  • #4
    Bard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,308 ✭✭✭✭Bard


    Nothing is actually rendered (by Netscape anyway) until a </table> tag is hit. This is what slows things down when you use a lot of nesting or when you control your entire table layout with a table. It's what causes your browser to load and load and load for a while and then suddenly show the entire page at once...

    ...and it's also what causes some pages or (usually important) sections of pages not to appear -at all- in Netscape - because of the table code not being closed properly, HTML-wise.

    So yeah- go on- use nesting, - just be careful with it.
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