Nested Tables

LoLth

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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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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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.

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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