On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Wade Preston Shearer < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 12 Jun 2009, at 17:00, Scott Hill wrote: > > I need to construct an HTML table (for use with tabular data only of >> course) >> that will have a variable number of columns. I want to adjust the width >> of >> the table depending on the width of the browser screen. In other words, I >> don't want the user to have to scroll horizontally to see the right end of >> the table. Instead I want to have a small drop down button in the top >> right >> corner that the user can click and see and/or select the remaining >> columns. >> I have seen this done before but I can't remember where or how. >> > > I would recommend using jQuery. Detecting the browser width and showing as > many columns will fit is quite easy. You can write it all from scratch or > start with some of the great data table plug-ins out there, such as these: > > http://www.datatables.net/examples/example_hidden_columns.html > http://www.flexigrid.info/ > > > This plug-in provides the ability to hide the columns (still there and > searchable). You would simply have to write the part that detects the width, > hides those that don't fit, and create a drop-menu for replacing visible > ones with hidden ones. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > [email protected] > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > Wade, This is exactly what I was looking for. I have heard a lot of people on the list talk about jQuery but I have never used it. Thank you. -- Scott Hill _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
