On 1/3/12 2:55 AM, Stephen Geraghty wrote: > On Jan 2, 7:00 pm, "David E. Ross" <nob...@nowhere.invalid> wrote: >> On 1/2/12 8:49 AM, Stephen Geraghty wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi all, >> >>> I recently noticed that SeaMonkey pages align left when Internet >>> Exporer renders them, whereas in Firefox and other browsers they >>> center align fine. >> >>> The only way I have found around this is to insert align="center" in >>> the html of each table style..... bit of a hassle but thought it would >>> be okay if I then use that page as a template going forward. >> >>> However.. when I edit the properties of a table in any page, in this >>> instance the table cell spacing, the html command vanishes and I'm >>> back to the same issue in IE with left alignment! >> >>> Am I missing something here or is this a known issue...... and is >>> there a fix? Do I need to do something in SeaMonkey before I create a >>> page to ensure it center aligns in IE and what about when i then go to >>> edit it? Any help would be really appreciated. >> >>> Thanks >> >> SeaMonkey pages -- pages at thewww.seamonkey-project.org-- display >> approximately the same with SeaMonkey 2.6.1 and IE 7. >> >> I think you are referring to HTML pages, not SeaMonkey pages. HTML is >> generally discussed at the comp.infosystems.www.authoring.htmlon a >> non-proprietary news server (e.g., on Giganews, Eternal September). >> >> If your problem is specifically about using Composer, you may indeed >> post here in the mozilla.support.seamonkey newsgroup. But then, you >> should clearly indicate your issue is with Composer. >> >> -- >> >> David E. Ross >> <http://www.rossde.com/>. >> >> Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive >> bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. >> © 1997 by David E. Ross- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > Hello all, > > First of all, many thanks for your comprehensive replies. > > I should note that I am no expert with either html coding nor css but > I am picking it up. It would obviously pay dividends for me to learn > css. > > In the interim David can I clarify something giving my very basic > understanding? I have my html page created in SeaMonkey Composer - are > you saying that I just insert: > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" > "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";> > as the first line.... > > then: > > <div> > <div style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> > <TABLE....> > </TABLE> > </div> > (I want the page to center in every browser so will the above do > this?) > > Given my lack of knowledge I see CSS and Standard HTML use as 2 > seperate things..... therefore am I mixing the 2 here? In short - will > inserting your suggested code into my existing HTML documents be okay? > Last of all..... will I need to repeat this code for each table tag in > the document or does the document assume the command applies for all > instances of tables on the page? >
There is no problem with mixing HTML and CSS in the way you indicate. However, you might omit the <DIV> and put the inline CSS on the <TABLE>. Also, with automatic margins, you need to specify a width, preferably as a percent of the available page. For example <table style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 95%"> I definitely think further discussion along this line really needs to be in comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html and not in mozilla.support.seamonkey. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
