> From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> > > Stephen J. Barr <stephenjb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> This seems like a simple question but I can't seem to find the answer? >> How do I specify the table width for an org-table that I will export >> to HTML? >> > > Not sure about the real HTMl syntax, or whether this is the best > solution (I'd imagine CSS would be better *if* it can be done with CSS) > but the following: > > #+ATTR_HTML: width="100" > | col1 | col2 | > |------+------| > | 1 | 3 | > | | | > > gets translated into an HTML table with an opening tag like this: > > <table border="2" cellspacing="0" > cellpadding="6" rules="groups" frame="hsides" > width="100"> > > Does that do the trick?
Indeed, I think CSS would be a better approach. And of course I don't know what this particular application is, but it's usually better to specify the width of objects as a percentage of the overall width. This is discussed, for instance, at: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_table.asp Here's a line from one of my old .org files that shows the syntax: #+STYLE: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./junk.css" /> It's also possible to embed the styling information directly in the Org-mode file, but I find that to be less convenient, as you then have to re-export to make a change to the style. Caveat: I haven't done any HTML exporting to speak of lately, certainly none that has involved CSS, so it may be that the syntax has changed (i.e., compared to the above STYLE directive). -- Mike
