html tables <th> tag

adrian7444 · 26-10-2011 10:24AM #1

Hi all,
on my webpage i have 2 tables with an exteral style sheet to govern the
table headings which i want underlined (among other things) in one and not underlined in the other. the style sheet works put i cant manage to remove the underline on the second table. i have tried creating a <h2> tag and putting it in after the <th> but this doesn't work either. i have done underline:none and this doesn't work....

i am new to this stuff so any help would be wonderful

thanks in advance
adrian

daymobrew · 26-10-2011 10:38AM

Can you add a class to the second table and create the appropriate styles?

Something like this untested markup and style:
[html]
<table class="secondtable">
<tr><th>Header</th></tr>
<tr><td>Data</td></tr>
</table>

<style type="text/css">
.secondtable th {
text-decoration: none;
}
<style>
[/html]

adrian7444 · 26-10-2011 10:50AM

just tried it and it worked perfectly, thanks very much i just learned something...........:)

much appreciated

cormee · 26-10-2011 11:15AM

From a usability pov you should never underline anything that isn't a link.

Liam Byrne · 27-10-2011 12:47AM

cormee wrote: »

From a usability pov you should never underline anything that isn't a link.

QFT

An underline = a link

That's the standard and breaking it means that lots of people will get pissed off clicking on something that they - rightly - expect to do something when it does nothing.

S.M.B. · 27-10-2011 09:49AM

I agree

tricky D · 27-10-2011 01:49PM

I don't

cormee · 27-10-2011 05:26PM

<marquee behavior="alternate">And don't use <h> tags in a <th>, they're section headings, not table headings</marquee>

html tables <th> tag

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