You're right, it's a table. Thanks for the link, It'll help.
My background is in C++, this is my first Java/JSP project.
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> Rick wrote:
> >
> > I've inherited some code that uses DHTML to display columns and rows.
> > Each row alternates the background color.
> > With IE, if the column value is empty, a background is still painted.
> > With Netscape and Mozilla, if the column value is empty the background
> > is not painted.
> > Which is the correct behavior?
>
>
> If you mean that the background color of cells alternates for each row,
> and if by 'column value' you mean 'table cell', then Mozilla is correct.
> According to CSS2, empty cells have transparent backgrounds.
>
> See:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/tables.html#table-layers
>
> However, setting the background color of the rows, rather than the
> cells, would work.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Val Sharp - Edinburgh
>
