Re: [css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

Rolf Mortenson wrote: >Okay... so I recently posted this test page with a different problem, >but I wonder if this would have benefited from display: table-cell or >it's brethren? > >http://www.monkeypuzzle.net/testfiles/html_test_gc3/test5.html Actually, this would have benefited most from an act

Re: [css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

Rolf Mortenson wrote: > Could someone please explain the use of display:table-cell? > > I can never seem to get my brain around the how's and why's > > Like, why wouldn't you use a table instead of using divs that act > like tables and table cells? Choan C. Gálvez posted this nice example of

Re: [css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

Rolf Mortenson wrote: >Could someone please explain the use of display:table-cell? > >I can never seem to get my brain around the how's and why's > >Like, why wouldn't you use a table instead of using divs that act >like tables and table cells? > > Here's another reason that hasn't been pointe

Re: [css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

Okay... so I recently posted this test page with a different problem, but I wonder if this would have benefited from display: table-cell or it's brethren? http://www.monkeypuzzle.net/testfiles/html_test_gc3/test5.html A programmer had built a proof of concept using divs, so I just kept his

Re: [css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

Any thoughts on the CSS compatibility/browser support of "display: table-cell;"? If you use it, should you also be thinking about adding filters to other browsers that do not understand it? Thanks. :) M -- ¸.·´¯`·.¸¸><(((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸><º> ·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸><º> `·.¸

Re: [css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

"Could someone please explain the use of display:table-cell?" Simply put (be careful, because the explanation is s simple it may be confusing), it's the display property of table-cells. It may very well be that no other element will ever need to have that property applied to it but table ce

Re: [css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

On 07/12/05, Rimantas Liubertas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Of course, if you are dealing with tabular data then fiddling with > divs does not make much sense. Oh of course. If you're working with tabular data, use a table element. It's common sense :) -- Olly http://thinkdrastic.net/

Re: [css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

On 07/12/05, Rolf Mortenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Like, why wouldn't you use a table instead of using divs that act > like tables and table cells? It's so that you can have all the advantages of a style layout (easy multi-column layouts, footers that clear all of the columns, full-length

Re: [css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

<...> Could someone please explain the use of display:table-cell? > > I can never seem to get my brain around the how's and why's > > Like, why wouldn't you use a table instead of using divs that act > like tables and table cells? <...> Because when you change your mind and don't want that table b

[css-d] display: table-cell --- why?

I posed this question on another thread, but as Micky wisely pointed out, that be hijackin' a thread... so... Could someone please explain the use of display:table-cell? I can never seem to get my brain around the how's and why's Like, why wouldn't you use a table instead of using divs that ac