html table problem

I hope this is a simple question but it is really doing my head in!!

I am not the greatest at HTML but thought that fixing the size of a table would be a piece of cake. Yet when I take the page and modify it with next content amd photos the table size changes. If I set the table size manually it doesnt seem to make any difference.

Anyone help me set a table size and keep it?

Thanks

 

Please post the HTML here.

 

if the table is getting bigger then I would say the contents within the table are causing your problem. Example a pic that is 200 pixils wide put into a table set at 100 pix will force the table to 200.

Rick

 

where is the HTML??

 

Thanks for that Rick

So how can I force the table to stay at 100 pix and the pic reduce to 100 pix?

 

Quite simply, you don't use tables for layout. But, if you just must, remember that tables accomodate their content, not the other way round. The problem from your perspective is that tables are not fixed size. Even when you specify a width or height, it's a suggestion as far as the rendering engine is concerned—that's the way the specs are written.

You set the image dimensions first. Then the cell won't have to adjust to it.

cheers,

gary

 

hi, I have the same problem with text. I have a 200 px table, and when I test it everything looks fine, but if I insert text into it instead of wrapping it to the size of the table it makes the table bigger with an horizontal scrollbar. Any ideas ?