To see what I mean, take a look at a table like this:<\/p>\n
<table border=1 width=200 cellpadding=10>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n<\/table><\/code><\/pre>\n
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Now you want to add another row to this table and put a div inside it, you might do this:<\/p>\n
<table border=1 width=200 cellpadding=10>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <td>\r\n <p>I'm text in a cell.<\/p>\r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n <tr>\r\n <div id=\"my_box\">\r\n <p>I'm text in a div.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n<\/table><\/code><\/pre>\nBut that breaks the layout! Strange but true. See below:<\/p>\n
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What you need to do is make sure the div is inside an actual table cell, a td or th element, so do that:<\/p>\n
<tr>\r\n <td colspan=3>\r\n <div id=\"my_box\">\r\n <p>I'm text in a div.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/td>\r\n<\/tr><\/code><\/pre>\nAnd you should get what you are expecting, a fully style-able div<\/strong> inside a table:<\/p>\n
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