html-tables

How can I force a TD with no content to render its border?

The TD has a DIV inside which I removed using jQuery's fadeOut function, but when it finishes the border disappears too. I want to avoid that, is there any way other than adding a " " (which causes it to be ugly)? EDIT: I am using Internet Explorer (6 and 7) ...

CSS Appropriate Way to Center Content

I prefer working with CSS based design, but as more of a back end coder my CSS skills are a bit weak. When I get involved with layout, I tend to fall back on table based formatting because my mind has been warped by years of table based abuse. There's one particular problem that I always trip over. What is the best CSS alternative to:...

jQuery related item table highlighter

I have a table fill with cell items. If I click on a cell item, that cell item is 'linked' or related to other cell items, which need to be highlighted. If another cell item is clicked, that cell's related cells need to light up. Is there a jQuery plugin to accomplish something like this? Or would I have to look into writing one mysel...

How do I work around an HTML Table rendering bug in IE 7?

I have a table. Some cells span multiple columns. Some cells span multiple rows and columns. But one row (which spans all columns but the rightmost one) creates an artifact. Part of the text in the cell is erroneously repeated left justified on a new row just below the table. I'm baffled. I tried rendering with and without "table-layout...

How to delete an empty column in HTML table using XSLT?

Hi, How to delete an empty column in HTML table using XSLT, and having something like this: <table id="cas6"> <tr> <td /> <td> <table> <tr> <td>rechin</td> <td /> </tr> <tr> <td>amarillo</td> <td /> </tr> </table...

to drag drop table rows using javascript?

i am using a HTML table to show data, and i want that user can darg and dorp the table rows to sort the data as per there need. the HTML code for the table... <table id='datagrid'> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> </tr> </tbody> </ta...

How to achieve table's centering capabilities without tables

For me, one of the most useful features of tables is that their width adjust to its content. You can very easily do things like: <table align=center style="border: 1px solid black"> <tr><td style="padding: 20px"> some text here </table> If the content of that box is wider, the box will be wider. Very intuitive and it works on ALL bro...