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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Suggestion on navtowith, please
I believe width values in HTML <table> and <td> permit either % or no unit, and no unit is taken to mean pixels. Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 The SCO Group fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@sco.com On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 03:06:29PM +0800, damar@netvigator.com wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks. > > In the comment of novtowidth, it is specifically said that it is in pixel. > > And in <xsl:attribute-set name="table.properties">, replacing 100% with > 749 for the value of name="width" seems like interpreted as 749 pixel. > > Further comments on this would be highly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > > Damar > > > On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Bob Stayton wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 10:20:49PM +0800, damar thapa wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > This list was great help to me in creating my home page; thanks to all. > > > > > > One more issue came up with my site ie the width of the side menu. > > > Seeing <xsl:param name="navtowidth">220</xsl:param> in param.xsl, I > > > inserted a image of 220 pixel long at the left side of the header to > > > align its edge (image's edge) with the edge of left menu beneath it. It > > > worked fine, but not for all menu items. When I choose some items, the > > > length of navtowidth goes crazy -- choosing some item produces more > > > than 220, while others shorter than that. Some browsers are better than > > > others (Mozilla-1.0 is better than netscape4.77, for example). > > > > > > Can some one on the list point me to right direction, please? Is it > > > browser issue? CSS issue or some thing I have to do on xsl? > > > > The tabular pages use an HTML table to lay out the webpages > > as a one-row two-column table. The left column is the > > navigational list, and the rest of the webpage content is > > in the right column. The navtocwidth value is inserted as > > a 'width' attribute in the left table cell element <TD>. > > Since HTML tables are dynamically formatted, I think the > > browser uses 'width' as a suggestion, rather than a fixed > > value. The other content can affect the final width of > > columns as they are drawn on the screen. And as you found, > > different browsers handle it differently. I don't know > > how you can control a column width absolutely in HTML > > for all browsers. > > > > > > Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street > > Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 > > Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 > > The SCO Group fax: (831) 429-1887 > > email: bobs@sco.com > > > > > -- Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 The SCO Group fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@sco.com
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