>> Von: "Climis, Tim" <tcli...@indiana.edu>
>
>>> I hope that someone will have a suggestion for me.
>>
>> Brace yourself...
>>
>> I actually think that this could be argued to be a legitimate use
>> of tables to display tabular data. It's certainly not tabular data
>> in the tradition spreadsheet sense, but it is data that corresponds
>> to other data arranged logically in columns and rows.
>>
>> But, it is pretty easy to do this with CSS.
>> Styled something like:
>>
>> p[lang="en_US"] {
>> clear: both;
>> float: left;
>> width: 49%;
>> }
>>
>> p[lang="fr"] {
>> float: right;
>> width: 49%;
>> }
>>
>> ---Tim
>>
> Ah well, "tabular" is scarcely limited to spreadsheets, except
> perhaps in the PC-world.
>
> Thanks for the several hints on displaying two adjacent columns,
> which I have digested.
>
> I haven't recognized at any rate, an idea on how to make
> corresponding paragraphs begin on the same line.
>
> Bruce
This may be a crazy suggestion, but in my mind a definition list (dl,
dt, dd) wouldn't be out of the question since there is a relationship
between the texts (one translates into the other). A little float:
left action, set width for dt and dd, and some clearing would allow
you to both columnize and get the paragraphs to line up.
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/articles/definition/
One downside is that block elements aren't allowed in the dt element,
according to the standard. You'd either have to avoid paragraph tags,
etc, or damn the standards.
Jesse
______________________________________________________________________
css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org]
http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d
List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/
List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html
Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
