Colspan and rowspan

[Klaus Wertler]

I've heard it is possible to define overlapping areas with the table
attributs colspan and rowspan. How can this be achieved?

Thanks Klaus

 

[Matthias Gutfeldt]

I've heard it is possible to define overlapping areas with the table
attributs colspan and rowspan. How can this be achieved?

<http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#h-11.2.6.1>.
"Cells that span several rows or columns
Cells may span several rows or columns. The number of rows or columns
spanned by a cell is set by the rowspan and colspan attributes for the
TH and TD elements."

Example from that page:

<TABLE border="1">
<CAPTION>Cups of coffee consumed by each senator</CAPTION>
<TR><TH>Name<TH>Cups<TH>Type of Coffee<TH>Sugar?
<TR><TD>T. Sexton<TD>10<TD>Espresso<TD>No
<TR><TD>J. Dinnen<TD>5<TD>Decaf<TD>Yes
<TR><TD>A. Soria<TD colspan="3"><em>Not available</em>
</TABLE>

 

[Sid Ismail]

: I've heard it is possible to define overlapping areas with the table
: attributs colspan and rowspan. How can this be achieved?


Time to do a tutorial on HTML and Tables:
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/
http://www.tranchant.freeserve.co.uk/web/html-start.html
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
http://davmagic.com/PAGES22.html
http://www.draac.com/
downloadable: http://hakatai.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/download.html

Sid

 

[Toby A Inkster]

<http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/tables.html#h-11.2.6.1>.
"Cells that span several rows or columns
Cells may span several rows or columns. The number of rows or columns
spanned by a cell is set by the rowspan and colspan attributes for the
TH and TD elements."

However, reading further:
"Defining overlapping cells is an error. User agents may vary in how they
handle this error (e.g., rendering may vary)."

 

[Isofarro]

http://www.tranchant.freeserve.co.uk/web/html-start.html

Ermm... IIRC the above link is now just a holding page with a link to the
new page over on plus.net.

 

[Sid Ismail]

: Sid Ismail wrote:
:
: > http://www.tranchant.freeserve.co.uk/web/html-start.html
:
: Ermm... IIRC the above link is now just a holding page with a link to the
: new page over on plus.net.


Thanks! Will fix my links.

Sid

 

[Isofarro]

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 21:12:22 +0000, Isofarro

: Sid Ismail wrote:
:
: > http://www.tranchant.freeserve.co.uk/web/html-start.html
:
: Ermm... IIRC the above link is now just a holding page with a link to
: the new page over on plus.net.


Thanks! Will fix my links.

Cool. Thanks. Then I can snaffle your post and stick it straight into the
alt.html FAQ ;-)

 

[Toby A Inkster]

Cool. Thanks. Then I can snaffle your post and stick it straight into the
alt.html FAQ ;-)

Furthermore, Mark Tranchant has indicated to me that the new page URL will
change shortly, as he's considering moving to PHP.

Safe URL is:

http://tranchant.plus.com/web/html-start

 

[Sid Ismail]

On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 20:16:10 +0000, Toby A Inkster

: Furthermore, Mark Tranchant has indicated to me that the new page URL will
: change shortly, as he's considering moving to PHP.
:
: Safe URL is:
:
: http://tranchant.plus.com/web/html-start


Thanks.

Sid