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FLUID TABLE METHODS ON TEST

The 2000 px wide cell method
(and why it doesn't work)

Below are some tables which use the often recommended method of setting a 'fluid' cell to some very large pixel value. However Opera (v 3.51 for PC at least) will interpret this value literally, resulting in a very wide table (and page) and horizontal scrollbars, so all of the tables below fail with Opera. To return to examples of a method which *will* work with Opera, follow this link.

	THE "100 & 2000px " METHOD version 1
This cell has no word with more than 4 ltrs.	Table="100%" 1st Row="100" & "2000" 2nd Row="100" & "2000"

	THE "100 & 2000px " METHOD version 2
This cell has no word with more than 4 ltrs.	Table="100%" 1st Row="100" & notset 2nd Row="100" & "2000"

	THE "100 & 2000px " METHOD version 3
This cell has no word with more than 4 ltrs.	Table="100%" 1st Row=notset & notset 2nd Row="100" & "2000"

	THE "100 & 2000px " METHOD version 4
	fails in Netscape 4.7 (left cell too wide)
This cell has no word with more than 4 ltrs.	Table="100%" 1st Row="100" & "2000" 2nd Row=notset & notset

FLUID TABLE METHODS ON TEST

The 2000 px wide cell method (and why it doesn't work)

The 2000 px wide cell method
(and why it doesn't work)