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HTML Table help alternating number of cells.

Answer 1

A:

<table>
<tr>
 <td colspan="2">X</td>
 <td colspan="2">X</td>
 <td colspan="2">X</td>
 <td>Y</td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td>Y</td>
 <td colspan="2">X</td>
 <td colspan="2">X</td>
 <td colspan="2">X</td>
</tr>

Nickolay 2009-10-24 21:32:06

Answer 2

+2 A:

You can't have a cell span fractional widths. Instead, you need to find the least common denominator for the number of rows in the lower and upper ranges. In your example, 2 and 3, which is 6 - so your table is 6 cells wide, with the even rows spanning 3 each and the odd rows spanning 2 each.

<table width="360">
    <tr>
        <td align="center" width="180" colspan="3">x</td>
        <td align="center" width="180" colspan="3">x</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td align="center" width="120" colspan="2">x</td>
        <td align="center" width="120" colspan="2">x</td>
        <td align="center" width="120" colspan="2">x</td>
    </tr>
</table>

Note the table width is easily divisible by 2 and 3, and the widths are explicitly set in each cell.

Rex M 2009-10-24 21:32:14

Thats what I needed Rex. Thanks!

Hcabnettek 2009-10-24 21:37:07

Answer 3

A:

I am pretty sure that colspans must have an integer value, fractions aren't allowed. You could try adding a dummy cell with 0 width, 0 padding, 0 margin on the 3-cell line.

<tr>
    <td colspan="2"> <span> X </span> </td> 
    <td colspan="2"> <span> X </span> </td> 
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td> <span> X </span> </td> 
    <td> <span> X </span> </td> 
    <td> <span> X </span> </td> 
    <td><!-- dummy !--></td> 
</tr>

FrustratedWithFormsDesigner 2009-10-24 21:34:25

Answer 4

A:

One way to do it would be via CSS. You would set up a table that is as large as you need it (4x4, for example), then apply a style to each cell as appropriate. There would be two styles, brick and empty, one signifying a "brick" and the other signifying empty space.

So, you could do something like the following:

<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
  td { border-style:none; width:30px; }
  td.brick { border-style:solid; border-color:black; border-width:1px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td><td class="brick">&nbsp;</td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

Michael Todd 2009-10-24 21:38:57

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