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Table autoadjustment in the vertical Mark 03-06-2006
Posted by Mark on March 6, 2006, 3:43 pm
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When a table's cells grow vertically to fit it contents, is there a way
to force it to have uniform tallness among all its rows? I can set
minimum sizes using height in CSS, but this is not the same as having
all rows be of equal height. How can I do this?

Mark

Posted by Harlan Messinger on March 6, 2006, 4:03 pm
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Mark wrote:
> When a table's cells grow vertically to fit it contents, is there a way
> to force it to have uniform tallness among all its rows? I can set
> minimum sizes using height in CSS, but this is not the same as having
> all rows be of equal height. How can I do this?

You can't, sorry. There's no mechanism for feedback between elements on
an HTML page.

Posted by Stephen Poley on March 6, 2006, 4:11 pm
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On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:03:47 -0500, Harlan Messinger

>Mark wrote:
>> When a table's cells grow vertically to fit it contents, is there a way
>> to force it to have uniform tallness among all its rows? I can set
>> minimum sizes using height in CSS, but this is not the same as having
>> all rows be of equal height. How can I do this?
>
>You can't, sorry. There's no mechanism for feedback between elements on
>an HTML page.

Not in HTML or CSS, anyway. You could probably arrange something with
Javascript. But you'd have to let the table draw completely first and
then redraw; you'd have to ask yourself whether any cosmetic benefit
gained from having the rows the same height is sufficient to outweigh
the ugly 'flicker' effect.

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Stephen Poley

http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/

Posted by Harlan Messinger on March 7, 2006, 10:07 am
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Stephen Poley wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:03:47 -0500, Harlan Messinger
>>You can't, sorry. There's no mechanism for feedback between elements on
>>an HTML page.
>
> Not in HTML or CSS, anyway. You could probably arrange something with
> Javascript. But you'd have to let the table draw completely first and
> then redraw; you'd have to ask yourself whether any cosmetic benefit
> gained from having the rows the same height is sufficient to outweigh
> the ugly 'flicker' effect.
>
Is there any way in Javascript to get the actual rendered height of a block?

Posted by Stephen Poley on March 7, 2006, 3:59 pm
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On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:07:01 -0500, Harlan Messinger

>Stephen Poley wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 16:03:47 -0500, Harlan Messinger
>>>You can't, sorry. There's no mechanism for feedback between elements on
>>>an HTML page.
>>
>> Not in HTML or CSS, anyway. You could probably arrange something with
>> Javascript. But you'd have to let the table draw completely first and
>> then redraw; you'd have to ask yourself whether any cosmetic benefit
>> gained from having the rows the same height is sufficient to outweigh
>> the ugly 'flicker' effect.
>>
>Is there any way in Javascript to get the actual rendered height of a block?

I have used offsetHeight, but I haven't tried it on tables.

--
Stephen Poley

http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/

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