Muhammad, as the article points out, tableless design is: "...a philosophy eschewing the use of HTML tables for page layout control purposes."
Tables have a very good purpose in HTML they should be used to display tabular data (A grid is exactly that). The problem is that 10 years ago tables were used to create the layout of the page causing the problems you point out. if you keep reading the article they mention the following. "..while others are now afraid to introduce a simple HTML table even where it makes good sense,[3] some erring by the overuse of span and div elements, perhaps even with table-like rules applied to them using CSS.[4]" On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Muhammad Mohsen <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a debate, whether to use tables or divs. > > Check this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tableless_web_design > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tableless_web_design>Search for: "This causes > a number of problems" > > Also it's sometimes a client request that the web application > becomes table-less and only DIVs are to be used. As I can't find a firm > evidence that either is better or if there is even a difference, I can't > convince my client other wise. > > > On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:54:17 -0200, Muhammad Mohsen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >>> >> >> Hi! >> >> >> Is there a way I can override the Grid component to use "div"s instead of >>> tables ? >>> >> >> I don't think so. Why do you want that? >> >> >> And to hide the header shown. >>> >> >> You can CSS to hide it from view or use DOM rewriting to remove it from the >> output. >> >> -- >> Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo >> Independent Java, Apache Tapestry 5 and Hibernate consultant, developer, >> and instructor >> Owner, Ars Machina Tecnologia da Informação Ltda. >> http://www.arsmachina.com.br >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> > > > -- > *Regards,* > *Muhammad Gelbana > Java Software Programmer* > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
