[WEB4LIB] Sort of an easy question - how to write a page that fits at 640 b y 480

[Chris Deweese]

Gary

You can specify table width by percent.  
<table width=100% height=100%> Will make the table fill the whole screen of the person viewing it regardless of resolution.  The only draw back to this is that if you have any banner graphics sometimes they can become misproportioned or look funny.  I have an example of this @ www.lcls.lib.il.us/techweb
The table there uses width in percents.  

Another Note
If you have any cells inside your table you can make each cell a certain percent of the table.  If you do that just make sure all the cells total up to 100%
EX:
<div>
<table width=100% > 'I'm not specifying a height here
  <tr>
    <td width=50%>This Cell is 50% of the table</td>
    <td width=30%>This cell is 30% of the table</td>
    <td width=20%>This cell is 20% of the table</td>
  </tr>
</table>
</div>

If I did my math right my cells should take up the whole table.  You can resize your window and watch how everything will move around.
Hope this helps

Chris Deweese
Webmaster (www.lcls.lib.il.us)
Lewis and Clark Library System
Edwardsville IL 62025

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Masters, Gary E" <GEM at CDRH.FDA.GOV>
Reply-To: GEM at CDRH.FDA.GOV
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 03:10:01 -0800 (PST)

>If anyone wants to toss a few "every knows" please feel free.  I don't.  Am
>doing a FOI web page for March 16 and have a page that looks very good on my
>monitor (1024 by 768).  On my supervisor's monitor (640 by 480) it is not so
>good.  I am using Front Page 2000 and there ought to be a way to make the
>table width a percent of the screen rather than an absolute dimension.  But
>I haven't found it yet.
>
>Any hints?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Gary
>
>
>Gary E. Masters
>Librarian (Systems)
>CDRH - FDA
>(301) 827-6893 
>