Maria Falconer wrote:
> Hi all
> I¹m trying to position a table on a page but when I use a tag like this
> #two {
> position: absolute;
> top: 12%;
> left: 30%;
> }
>
> which I have used to position objects before it changes the size of the
> table making it much narrower.
> Can anyone explain what is happening here please
> http://homepage.mac.com/lenarran/LabhaoiseSite/labhaoise_index1.htm
>
Maria,
I edited the CSS on your page to absolutely position the table, and I
didn't see it get any narrower. Can you please provide a before and
after page for us to compare?
Sometimes positioning will make an item narrower because absolute
positioning sometimes shrinkwraps the element's content (depends on the
browser). This shouldn't apply to a table, however, because it should
already be shrinkwrapping its contents -- unless you've told it to be
wider than its contents. I don't know off the top of my head whether the
shrinkwrapping action of positioning overrides the width set on a table
-- I would guess not, but that's why seeing two copies of your page, one
with the positioning and other without, would be helpful.
Zoe
--
Zoe M. Gillenwater
Design Services Manager
UNC Highway Safety Research Center
http://www.hsrc.unc.edu
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