Here's my attempt. Note: to the horror of some anti-table zealots this does use tables. Floats just can't do "take up all available space" like tables can.
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
table { width: 300px; background: #DDD; empty-cells: show; }
th { padding-left: 8px; width: 100%; height: 1em; }
td { padding-left: 12px; width: auto; }
div { white-space: nowrap; }
#row1 th { background: red; }
#row2 th { background: blue; }
#row3 th { background: green; }
#row4 th { background: yellow; }
#row5 th { background: pink; }
#row6 th { background: gray; }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load("jquery", "1.3.2");
google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
$(function() {
$("th").animate({ width: 0 }, 2000);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table><tr id="row1"><th></th><td><div>FOO</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row2"><th></th><td><div>BAR</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row3"><th></th><td><div>THESE PRETZELS ARE</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row4"><th></th><td><div>MAKING ME THIRSTY</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row5"><th></th><td><div>BLAH</div></td></tr></table>
<table><tr id="row6"><th></th><td><div>BLAH</div></td></tr></table>
</body>
</html>
I thought of a non-tables way of doing it that works pretty well, so here it is:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
div div { height: 1.3em; }
#wrapper { width: 300px; overflow: hidden; }
div.text { float: right; white-space: nowrap; clear: both; background: white; padding-left: 12px; text-align: left; }
#row1, #row2, #row3, #row4, #row5, #row6 { width: 270px; margin-bottom: 4px; }
#row1 { background: red; }
#row2 { background: blue; }
#row3 { background: green; }
#row4 { background: yellow; }
#row5 { background: pink; }
#row6 { background: gray; }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
google.load("jquery", "1.3.2");
google.setOnLoadCallback(function() {
$(function() {
$("div.text").animate({ width: "90%" }, 2000);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div class="text">FOO</div><div id="row1"></div>
<div class="text">BAR</div><div id="row2"></div>
<div class="text">THESE PRETZELS ARE</div><div id="row3"></div>
<div class="text">MAKING ME THIRSTY</div><div id="row4"></div>
<div class="text">BLAH</div><div id="row5"></div>
<div class="text">BLAH</div><div id="row6"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
cletus
2009-05-04 15:26:37