[WEB4LIB] Re:Monitor Resolutions

[Thomas Dowling]

> > Am I wrong in assuming this?
>
> Never mind, I see now that I am wrong: the percentage is based upon the
> full-screen, so a partially minimized window will require scrolling to
see
> the right side of a table that is set to a width of 100%.
> So then, is there a bit of script or a browser-proof style that would
set
> the width to the percentage of the window instead of the screen?
>

No, you were about right the first time.  Percentage widths should be
calculated as percentages of the parent block element.

Personally, I no longer feel compelled to offer bug compatibility with
IE3, but you may want to be aware that its original implementation of
percentage widths for table cells always calculated them as a percentage
of the window, rather than of the table.  As of IE4, it calculates them
against the width of the table.

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu