Comments on: Styling Table Columns with CSS http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/ Internet Marketing, Website Promotion and Blogging Advice Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:00:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul OB http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-153660 Paul OB Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:02:25 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-153660 Hi Gary, Yes it's a shame that more properties aren't available for styling but you are limited by the specs to the following as mentioned above: * border * background * width * visibility Hi Gary,

Yes it’s a shame that more properties aren’t available for styling but you are limited by the specs to the following as mentioned above:

* border
* background
* width
* visibility

]]> By: Gary http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-153653 Gary Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:38:18 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-153653 Hi, At first this seemed nice. But I wanted to set the text-align for columns and that doesn't work. Like you said, it's only good for background. So if I have to put a class in for the alignment on each cell anyway I might as well use that method instead of this. Hi,

At first this seemed nice.

But I wanted to set the text-align for columns and that doesn’t work.

Like you said, it’s only good for background.

So if I have to put a class in for the alignment on each cell anyway I might as well use that method instead of this.

]]> By: Sherwin Techico http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-6811 Sherwin Techico Thu, 31 May 2007 00:19:31 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-6811 Thanks Paul. That just sucks... not "valid" to what "they" had in mind right? Damn the W3C?! =) I hope they think about this in HTML5 if there is ever one. That is, setting up colgroups to change tbody and/or tfoot. Thanks Paul. That just sucks… not “valid” to what “they” had in mind right? Damn the W3C?! =)

I hope they think about this in HTML5 if there is ever one. That is, setting up colgroups to change tbody and/or tfoot.

]]> By: Paul OB http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-4359 Paul OB Fri, 04 May 2007 19:48:46 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-4359 No It doesn't lol - Here's the link: http://www.pmob.co.uk/temp/sherwin.htm No It doesn’t lol – Here’s the link:

http://www.pmob.co.uk/temp/sherwin.htm

]]> By: Paul OB http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-4358 Paul OB Fri, 04 May 2007 19:46:23 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-4358 Hmm, I forgot that the code would be removed - I wonder if this works : [code] Example Colgroup First Group Second Group [/code] Hmm, I forgot that the code would be removed – I wonder if this works :

[code]

Example Colgroup

First Group
Second Group

[/code]

]]> By: Paul OB http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-4357 Paul OB Fri, 04 May 2007 19:45:01 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-4357 Hi Sherwin, That code you are using is invalid I'm afraid. You can't nest any more colgroups inside the table (or captions for that matter). The colgroup must come before any thead or tr tags and follows the table and caption tags. You can have more than one colgroup but you can't have them anywhere else in the table. Their usefulness is when you want to span more than one row but the col element allows individual or multiple cells to be accessed so is more ueseful. This is valid. Example Colgroup First Group Second Group etc...... You can't now setup anymore colgroups to change tbody or tfoot I'm afraid although it would be quite useful. :) You can only style the whole column from start to finish (top to bottom) although styles directly to the cells themselves will over-ride the colgroup. Hi Sherwin,

That code you are using is invalid I’m afraid. You can’t nest any more colgroups inside the table (or captions for that matter). The colgroup must come before any thead or tr tags and follows the table and caption tags.

You can have more than one colgroup but you can’t have them anywhere else in the table. Their usefulness is when you want to span more than one row but the col element allows individual or multiple cells to be accessed so is more ueseful.

This is valid.

Example Colgroup

First Group
Second Group

etc……

You can’t now setup anymore colgroups to change tbody or tfoot I’m afraid although it would be quite useful. :)

You can only style the whole column from start to finish (top to bottom) although styles directly to the cells themselves will over-ride the colgroup.

]]> By: Sherwin Techico http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-4352 Sherwin Techico Fri, 04 May 2007 18:00:32 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-4352 Hmmm... seems that it doesn't take markup that well. Here's what I was testing... http://test.pixelbebop.com/test24/ TIA Hmmm… seems that it doesn’t take markup that well. Here’s what I was testing… http://test.pixelbebop.com/test24/

TIA

]]> By: Sherwin Techico http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-4351 Sherwin Techico Fri, 04 May 2007 17:53:03 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-4351 I'm guessing that if you put a colgroup inside it will supercede those in and . For example: <code> First Group Second Group </code> Is there a workaround? I guess its a scenario when you want to define those columns only in . TIA I’m guessing that if you put a colgroup inside it will supercede those in and . For example:

First Group
Second Group

Is there a workaround? I guess its a scenario when you want to define those columns only in . TIA

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]]> By: Golgotha http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-2267 Golgotha Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:48:27 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-2267 dugg: http://www.digg.com/programming/Styling_Table_Columns_with_CSS dugg: http://www.digg.com/programming/Styling_Table_Columns_with_CSS

]]> By: Leonardo... from Colombia http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-2263 Leonardo... from Colombia Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:53:31 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-2263 Thanks for that brief tutorial!!! Now i can do better styling in my projects with tabular data, and save some space in bandiwth. By the way, cool website, i could find a lot of help here, thanks guys Thanks for that brief tutorial!!! Now i can do better styling in my projects with tabular data, and save some space in bandiwth.

By the way, cool website, i could find a lot of help here, thanks guys

]]> By: Golgotha http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/comment-page-1/#comment-2260 Golgotha Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:44:53 +0000 http://www.search-this.com/2007/04/11/styling-table-columns-with-css/#comment-2260 Colgroup eh? Very nice, I had no idea about that little trick. Very handy Paul! Colgroup eh? Very nice, I had no idea about that little trick. Very handy Paul!

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