[Solved] CSS Tables

[techheadz]

I’m still getting used to the switch from HTML to CSS Just wondering what the solution is if you need to create tables using CSS? The best way.

I think if I am going to adopt CSS fully, I need make sure everything is CSS. What I don’t want to do is place a standard html table inside a DIV.

I’m already seeing the amount of control you can have over a site design all through one stylesheet, that’s great because everything remains consistent. That is what I am starting to love about it.

[Paulie_D]

There is no ‘ switch from HTML to CSS`…all CSS does is style the HTML you put on the page.

What I don’t want to do is place a standard html table inside a DIV.

There are perfectly valid reasons for putting a table inside a div..and equally valid reasons not to. It entirely depends on the circumstances.

Perhaps you could explain what it is you are trying to do and why.

[techheadz]

I’m not doing anything in particular, I just wanted to know if it is acceptable to do that, and whether there was an easier way than having to do for example:

<table width="400" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
</table>

[Paulie_D]

Until we know WHY you want to use a table as opposed to some other HTML markup (which, I think was the point of your question)…we can’t answer.

Using a table to display tabular data is appropriate, even encouraged,…using it for general layout (or even partial layout) is now considered bad practise.

[techheadz]

You have answered my question, thank you.

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