Easy one re. Tables

[cooper.tim]

Here's a nice easy one for you (I'm just learning about HTML so it's
probably an obvious answer):
I want to have a table that consists of 100 x 100 cells, each cell
containing a tiny image. I want the cell size (and thus the image
contained therein) to alter according to how mush space is on the
screen. So if my browser is full screen I might be able to make out
what some of the images are, but if I 'restore down' my browser, I can
still see the whole table, but it will have shrunk.
Is this possible or do I need to resort to some Javascript etc.?

Cheers,
Tim

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Here's a nice easy one for you (I'm just learning about HTML so it's
probably an obvious answer):
Yum!

I want to have a table that consists of 100 x 100 cells,

Stop wanting that. Vow, that was _really_ easy. Assuming you want to get the
_right_ answer, that is.

each cell containing a tiny image.

Thank you for making it clear that you should stop wanting that.

If problems remain, post the URL.

 

[cooper.tim]

Sorry but I don't really understand your reply. I was looking for some
help or advice on whether what I want to do is possible. I want to
know if it's possible to create a table of say 10000 cells (100x100)
where each cell doesn't have a fixed size, so the table always fills
the window, no matter the size of the window. This is so I can have a
mosaic of pictures.

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Sorry but I don't really understand your reply.

Well, try reading it, instead of upside-down fullquoting it.

 

[Adrienne Boswell]

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed (e-mail address removed) writing in


Please stop top posting ...

Sorry but I don't really understand your reply. I was looking for
some help or advice on whether what I want to do is possible. I want
to know if it's possible to create a table of say 10000 cells
(100x100) where each cell doesn't have a fixed size, so the table
always fills the window, no matter the size of the window. This is so
I can have a mosaic of pictures.

Jukka did give advice, he said "Stop wanting that", his advice meaning
A) what you want to do is not a good idea.
B) what you want to do does not happen that way you think it might.

1. Tables are meant for tabular data, not for positioning of elements.
2. Images don't behave that way. They do not grow of shrink in a browser
the way they might on the desktop. A) browsers do a bad job of resizing,
B) the image that is sent to the client is still the same size as it is
on the server - so an image 100x100 although shown at 10x10 is still
100x100.
3. The complexity of what you want to do is insane. Do you really want
to sit there and type <td width="10"><img src="img10.jpg" width="10"
height="10" alt="Mosaic piece 1 of 10000"></td> 10000 times? And then
expect the browser to display it without shutting itself or the users
system down?

 

[coop]

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed (e-mail address removed) writing in

Please stop top posting ...


Jukka did give advice, he said "Stop wanting that", his advice meaning
A) what you want to do is not a good idea.
B) what you want to do does not happen that way you think it might.

1. Tables are meant for tabular data, not for positioning of elements.
2. Images don't behave that way. They do not grow of shrink in a browser
the way they might on the desktop. A) browsers do a bad job of resizing,
B) the image that is sent to the client is still the same size as it is
on the server - so an image 100x100 although shown at 10x10 is still
100x100.
3. The complexity of what you want to do is insane. Do you really want
to sit there and type <td width="10"><img src="img10.jpg" width="10"
height="10" alt="Mosaic piece 1 of 10000"></td> 10000 times? And then
expect the browser to display it without shutting itself or the users
system down?


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Please respond to the group so others can share

I am just starting to teach myself a bit of HTML.
Adrienne - thankyou for explaining why my idea was misguided.
Jukka - I wanted some help. All I got was sarcasm. Pathetic.

Maybe next time I want a bit of help with something I'll go somewhere
else.

 

[David Segall]

I am just starting to teach myself a bit of HTML.
Adrienne - thankyou for explaining why my idea was misguided.
Jukka - I wanted some help. All I got was sarcasm. Pathetic.

Maybe next time I want a bit of help with something I'll go somewhere
else.

Don't. The group has several hard-line web police but they really know
their stuff. As you have seen, you will get an appropriate answer from
someone more helpful. One day you will appreciate the knowledge and,
by then, you will be impervious to the pomposity that accompanies it.